A spatial analysis of childhood mortality in West Africa

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-216

  Balk, Deborah ^a   Pullum, Thomas ^b   Storeygard, Adam ^a   Greenwell, Fern ^c   Neuman, Melissa ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c MEASURE DHS+   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood mortality; Climate; Population and environment; Population density; Spatial demography; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; INFANT MORTALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 4644344599     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.328     Document Type: Article

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