Birth interval and risk of stillbirth or neonatal death: Findings from rural North India

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 321-327

  Williams, Emma K ^a,e   Hossain, Mian B ^b   Sharma, Ravendra K ^c   Kumar, Vishwajeet ^a   Pandey, Chandra M ^d   Baqui, Abdullah H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^d SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STILLBIRTH;

ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; BIRTH ORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 54949153069     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmn027     Document Type: Article

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