Contribution of household environment factors to urban childhood mortality in Mozambique

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 408-414

  Macassa, G ^a,b   Ghilagaber, G ^a   Bernhardt, E ^a   Burstrom, B ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOILET FACILITIES; URBAN HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 16644397790     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i8.9202     Document Type: Article

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