Association of household demographic variables with child mortality in Côte d'Ivoire

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 257-265

  Andoh, Samuel Y ^a   Umezaki, Masahiro ^a,b   Nakamura, Keiko ^a   Kizuki, Masashi ^a   Takano, Takehito ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCTION; SIBLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847639381     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932006001301     Document Type: Article

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