Spatial patterns of fetal loss and infant death in an arsenic-affected area in Bangladesh

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sohel, Nazmul ^a   Vahter, Marie ^b   Ali, Mohammad ^c   Rahman, Mahfuzar ^d   Rahman, Anisur ^d   Streatfield, Peter K ^d   Kanaroglou, Pavlos S ^e   Persson, Lars T ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; INFANT MORTALITY; MITIGATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BANGLADESH; MEGHNA RIVER;

ARSENIC;

ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958133260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-53     Document Type: Article

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