Strategies for improving the monitoring of vital events in Brazil

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 738-744

  Szwarcwald, Célia Landmann ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Infant mortality; Monitoring indicators; Underreporting; Vital events

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DATABASE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DEVELOPING WORLD; INFANT MORTALITY; MONITORING SYSTEM; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LIVE BIRTH; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CITIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; POVERTY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 48349107173     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn130     Document Type: Article

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