Determinants of childhood morbidity in Bangladesh: Evidence from the Demographic and Health Survey 2011

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Kamal, Md Moustafa ^a   Hasan, Md Masud ^b   Davey, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PARENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUBE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; CHILD HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; ODDS RATIO; STANDARDS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BANGLADESH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DRINKING WATER; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORBIDITY; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84949035022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007538     Document Type: Article

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