Effect of birthweight on pneumonia-specific and total in the of Papua New Guinea

Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal

Volumn , Issue 4, 1996, Pages 274-283

  Lehmann, Deborah ^a,c   Heywood, Peter ^b  

^a Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research   (Guinea)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Guinea)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY--DETERMINANTS; INFECTIONS; JUVENILE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MELANESIA; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESEARCH REPORT; RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY--DETERMINANTS; INFECTIONS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MELANESIA; MORTALITY; OCEANIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS; YOUTH;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PNEUMONIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33845884377     PISSN: 00311480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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