Influence of women's autonomy on infant mortality in Nepal

Reproductive Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Adhikari, Ramesh ^a,b   Sawangdee, Yothin ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BATH; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIVE BIRTH; MOTHER; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RIVER; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CLASS; WATER SUPPLY; WOMEN'S AUTONOMY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MALE; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; NEPAL; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955113391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-8-7     Document Type: Article

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