Determinants of neonatal mortality in rural India, 2007-2008

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Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Singh, Aditya ^a   Kumar, Abhishek ^b   Kumar, Amit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

District level household survey 3; Neonatal mortality; Rural india; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INDIA; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84885098481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.75     Document Type: Article

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