National and sub-national under-five mortality profiles in Peru: A basis for informed policy decisions

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Huicho, Luis ^a,b   Trelles, Miguel ^b   Gonzales, Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIARRHEA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN DISEASE; PERU; PNEUMONIA; PUBLICATION; REGISTRATION; VITAL STATISTICS; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE TABLE; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; TRENDS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE TABLES; MALE; PERU; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; REGISTRIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33746747073     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-173     Document Type: Article

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