Mortality rates of children aged under five in Henan province, China, 2004-2008

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-348

  Huo, Kaiming ^a   Zhao, Yueshu ^a   Feng, Hongqi ^a   Yao, Meiling ^a   Sävman, Karin ^c   Wang, Xiaoyang ^a,b,c   Zhu, Changlian ^a,b  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Henan Key Laboratory for Neonatal Brain Injury   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Childhood mortality rate; Infant mortality rate; Neonatal mortality rate; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHINA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL CARE; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953200681     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2010.01126.x     Document Type: Article

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