Childhood mortality among former Mozambican refugees and their hosts in rural South Africa

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1271-1278

  Hargreaves, James R ^a,b   Collinson, Mark A ^a   Kahn, Kathleen ^a   Clark, Samuel J ^a,c,d   Tollmann, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Displaced people; Health equity; Infant mortality; Mozambique; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFANT MORTALITY; REFUGEE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MONITORING; MOZAMBIQUE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFUGEE; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOZAMBIQUE; PRENATAL CARE; REFUGEES; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 12344326787     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh257     Document Type: Article

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