Mortality rate for children under 5 years of age in China from 1996 to 2006

Public Health

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 301-307

  Wang, Y P ^a   Miao, L ^a   Dai, L ^a   Zhou, G X ^a   He, C H ^a   Li, X H ^a   Li, Q ^a   Li, M R ^a   Zhu, J ^a   Liang, J ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Leading cause; Surveillance; Under 5 mortality rate

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHINA; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIARRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCLERODERMA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

CHINA;

EID: 79958098638     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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