Sources of variation in under-5 mortality across sub-Saharan Africa: a spatial analysis

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2016, Pages e936-e945

  Burke, Marshall ^a,b   Heft Neal, Sam ^a   Bendavid, Eran ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; TRENDS; WAR;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARMED CONFLICTS; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALARIA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84992709174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30212-1     Document Type: Article

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