Threshold levels of infant and under-five mortality for crossover between life expectancies at ages zero, one and five in India: A decomposition analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Dubey, Manisha ^a   Ram, Usha ^a   Ram, Faujdar ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DECOMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; ALGORITHM; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE TABLE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84956923987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143764     Document Type: Article

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