Exploring variations in under-5 mortality in Nigeria using league table, control chart and spatial analysis

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-130

  Uthman, Olalekan A ^a   Aiyedun, Victor ^b   Yahaya, Ismail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Dudley PCT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mortality; public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NIGERIA;

EID: 84857621410     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdr050     Document Type: Article

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