Neonatal mortality in Ethiopia: Trends and determinants

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mekonnen, Yared ^a   Tensou, Biruk ^b   Telake, Daniel S ^a   Degefie, Tedbabe ^c   Bekele, Abeba ^b  

^a Mela Research PLC   (Ethiopia)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinants; Ethiopia; Neonatal mortality; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84877805235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-483     Document Type: Article

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