Under-five mortality among mothers employed in agriculture: Findings froma nationally representative sample

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Volumn 2015, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Singh, Rajvir ^a   Tripathi, Vrijesh ^b  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Breastfeeding; India; Mother's employment; NFHS 3; U5MR; Under five mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84926474490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.710     Document Type: Article

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