Child mortality in India: A complex situation

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-18

  Ghosh, Rohini ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Economic disparity; Neonatal death; Stagnation

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BOTULISM; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELIVERY; DIARRHEA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH LITERACY; HONEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCOME; INDIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MILK; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; RELIGION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; WEANING;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84859791481     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: 18670687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-012-0331-y     Document Type: Review

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