Child mortality inequalities and linkage with sanitation facilities in Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-73

  Halder, Amal K ^a,b   Kabir, M ^b  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b ICDDRB Division of Health Systems and Infectious Diseases   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Child mortality; Concentration index; Health equity; Inequalities; Infant mortality; Mortality; Neonatal mortality; Principal component analysis; Sanitation; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SANITATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BANGLADESH; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POVERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SANITATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 45749087324     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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