The effect of mother's age and other related factors on neonatal survival associated with first and second birth in rural, Tanzania: Evidence from Ifakara health and demographic surveillance system in rural Tanzania

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Selemani, Majige ^a,d   Mwanyangala, Mathew A ^a   Mrema, Sigilbert ^a   Shamte, Amri ^a   Kajungu, Dan ^a,b,c   Mkopi, Abdallah ^a   Mahande, Michael J ^e   Nathan, Rose ^a  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

^c Sante Stat Analytical Research Institute   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^e KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Birth interval; Birth order; Neonatal mortality; Neonates; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIVE BIRTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; BIRTH ORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904533875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-240     Document Type: Article

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