Trends and social differentials in child mortality in Rwanda 1990-2010: Results from three demographic and health surveys

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 834-840

  Musafili, Aimable ^a,b   Essén, Birgitta ^b   Baribwira, Cyprien ^c   Binagwaho, Agnes ^d,e,f   Persson, Lars Åke ^b   Selling, Katarina Ekholm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DIFFERENTIATION; GENOCIDE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; MOTHERS EDUCATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

RWANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENOCIDE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RWANDA; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; WARFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOCIDE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; RWANDA; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; WARFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983140787     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204657     Document Type: Article

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