Childhood mortality spatial distribution in Ethiopia

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 2813-2828

  Ayele, Dawit G ^a   Zewotir, Temesgen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Child mortality; hazard ratio; spatial model; variogram

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958781102     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2016.1144727     Document Type: Article

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