Child mortality in South Africa - We have lost touch

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 8 PART 2, 2007, Pages 582-583

  Bradshaw, Debbie ^a   Dorrington, Rob ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAL STATISTICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATISTICS; INCIDENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; HUMANS; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 34548691463     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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