Regional inequalities in under-5 mortality in Nigeria: A population-based analysis of individual- and community-level determinants

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Antai, Diddy ^a,b  

^a The Angels Trust Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; MOTHERS EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NIGERIA;

EID: 79952327397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-9-6     Document Type: Article

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