Infant death clustering in families: Magnitude, causes, and the influence of better health services, Bangladesh 1982-2005

Population Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-287

  Saha, Unnati Rani ^a,b   van Soest, Arthur ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; child mortality; death clustering; dynamic panel data models; ICDDR,B; millennium goals; scarring

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; HEALTH SERVICES; INFANTICIDE; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; MODELING; PANEL DATA; SURVIVAL;

BANGLADESH;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; FAMILY; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

BANGLADESH; BIRTH INTERVALS; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84857376067     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2011.602100     Document Type: Article

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