Domestic violence and early childhood mortality in rural India: Evidence from prospective data

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 825-833

  Koenig, Michael A ^a   Stephenson, Rob ^b   Acharya, Rajib ^c   Barrick, Lindsay ^d   Ahmed, Saifuddin ^a   Hindin, Michelle ^a  

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

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Hazards regression analysis; Infant mortality; Neonatal mortality; Perinatal mortality; Rural India

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; DATABASE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT MORTALITY; NEONATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION;

INDIA;

EID: 77955727105     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq066     Document Type: Article

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