Global infant mortality trends and attributable determinants - an ecological study using data from 192 countries for the period 1990-2011

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sartorius, Benn K D ^a   Sartorius, Kurt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Determinants; Global; Infant mortality; Population attributable fractions; Spatial risk; Trends

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; EDUCATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; TREND STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; EUROPE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84988502821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12963-014-0029-6     Document Type: Article

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