The neighbourhood method for measuring differences in maternal mortality, infant mortality and other rare demographic events

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Alam, Nurul ^a   Townend, John ^b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; DROWNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EVENT; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEIGHBOURHOOD METHOD; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894871466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083590     Document Type: Article

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