The effect of women's status on infant and child mortality in four rural areas of Bangladesh

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-366

  Hossain, Mian B ^a   Phillips, James F ^b   Pence, Brian ^c  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; BANGLADESH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTHERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 33947328217     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002193200600143X     Document Type: Article

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