From birth to adulthood in rural Ethiopia: The Butajira Birth Cohort of 1987

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 569-574

  Byass, Peter ^a   Fantahun, Mesganaw ^b   Mekonnen, Wubegzier ^b   Emmelin, Anders ^a   Berhane, Yemane ^a,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Developing country; Health care facilities; Infant mortality; Longitudinal birth cohort; Urban rural; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH RATE; CHILD CARE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 53549089599     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2008.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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