Household headship and child death: Evidence from Nepal

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Adhikari, Ramesh ^a,b   Podhisita, Chai ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; READING; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING;

EID: 77953057896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-10-13     Document Type: Article

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