Child mortality in the Netherlands in the past decades: An overview of external causes and the role of public health policy

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-59

  Gijzen, Sandra ^a   Boere Boonekamp, Magda M ^a   L'Hoir, Monique P ^b   Need, Ariana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cause of death; Child Death Review; child mortality; trends; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AUTOMUTILATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VITAL STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; VITAL STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892576761     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2013.41     Document Type: Review

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