Risk factors and a predictive model for under-five mortality in Nigeria: Evidence from Nigeria demographic and health survey

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kayode, Gbenga A ^a,b   Adekanmbi, Victor T ^a,b   Uthman, Olalekan A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Evidence Based Global Health   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ETHNICITY; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDER FIVE MORTALITY; URBAN AREA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; NIGERIA; POSTNATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84857478165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-10     Document Type: Article

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