Risk factors for early infant mortality in Sarlahi district, Nepal

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 717-725

  Katz, Joanne ^a   West Jr , Keith P ^a   Khatry, Subarna K ^b   Christian, Parul ^a   LeClerq, Steven C ^a   Pradhan, Elizabeth Kimbrough ^a   Shrestha, Sharada Ram ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Nepal Natl Society for Eye Hlth   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Age factors; Alcohol drinking adverse effects; Health status; Infant mortality; Infant, Newborn; Maternal mortality; Nepal; Randomized controlled trials; Risk factors; Smoking adverse effects; Socioeconomic factors; Tetanus toxoid pharmacology

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; PLACEBO; RETINOL; TETANUS TOXOID;

BIRTH RATE; HEALTH RISK; INFANT MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; NEWBORN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN A;

NEPAL;

EID: 0242596644     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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