Risk factors for under-5 mortality: Evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2004-2011

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Abir, Tanvir ^a   Agho, Kingsley Emwinyore ^a   Page, Andrew Nicolas ^a   Milton, Abul Hasnat ^b   Dibley, Michael John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; WORKING MOTHER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOTHER; ODDS RATIO; PERINATAL DEATH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BANGLADESH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT DEATH; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; PERINATAL DEATH; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SIBLINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84941585256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006722     Document Type: Review

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