Causes of child deaths in India, 1985-2008: A systematic review of literature

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1303-1311

  Lahariya, Chandrakant ^a,d   Sudfeld, Christopher R ^b   Lahariya, Deepankar ^c   Tomar, Shailendra S ^c  

^a G R MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Write Health Society for Community Health Actions   (India)

^d Safdarjung Enclave   (India)

Author keywords

Child survival; Epidemiology; Health policy; India; Millennium development goals

Indexed keywords

ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIARRHEA; EMBASE; HUMAN; INDIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEASLES; MEDLINE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY;

EID: 78651087058     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-010-0246-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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