Using historical vital statistics to predict the distribution of under-five mortality by cause

Clinical Medicine and Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 66-74

  Rao, Chalapati ^a   Adair, Timothy ^a   Kinfu, Yohannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Predictive model; Under five mortality; Vital registration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIARRHEA; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VITAL STATISTICS;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 79960372148     PISSN: 15394182     EISSN: 15546179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2010.959     Document Type: Article

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