Predicting the distribution of under-five deaths by cause in countries without adequate vital registration systems

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1041-1051

  Morris, Saul S ^a   Black, Robert E ^b   Tomaskovic, Lana ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Infant mortality; Mortality; Preschool child; Sub Saharan Africa Asia

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; INFANT MORTALITY;

AFRICA; AGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SAFETY; SOUTH ASIA; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; VITAL STATISTICS; WATER QUALITY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MEASLES; PNEUMONIA; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0347985260     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg241     Document Type: Review

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