Infant and child mortality in India in the last two decades: A geospatial analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Singh, Abhishek ^a   Pathak, Praveen Kumar ^b   Chauhan, Rajesh Kumar ^c   Pan, William ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^b SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 80355143361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026856     Document Type: Article

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