Preventive measures in infancy to reduce under-five mortality: A case-control study in the Gambia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-155

  Rutherford, Merrin E ^a   Dockerty, John D ^a   Jasseh, Momodou ^b   Howie, Stephen R C ^b   Herbison, Peter ^a   Jeffries, David J ^b   Mulholland, Kim ^c   Adegbola, Richard A ^b   Hill, Philip C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Immunization; Prevention; Primary breastfeeding; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; TETANUS TOXOID;

AGE CLASS; BREASTFEEDING; CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH POLICY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; TOXIN; VACCINATION; VITAMIN;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TETANUS; VACCINATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BREAST FEEDING; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDWIFERY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINATION; VITAMIN A;

AFRICA; GAMBIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 60349112650     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02204.x     Document Type: Article

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