Birth spacing and child mortality: An analysis of prospective data from the nairobi urban health and demographic surveillance system

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 779-798

  Fotso, Jean Christophe ^a   Cleland, John ^b   Mberu, Blessing ^a   Mutua, Michael ^a   Elungata, Patricia ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KENYA; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885075267     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932012000570     Document Type: Article

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