What is the cause of the decline in maternal mortality in india? evidence from time series and cross-sectional analyses

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 351-365

  Goli, Srinivas ^a   Jaleel, Abdul C P ^b  

^a Giri Institute of Development Studies   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84897371421     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932013000564     Document Type: Article

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