Social determinants of child mortality in Niger: Results from the 2012 National Verbal and Social Autopsy Study

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Koffi, Alain K ^a   Maina, Abdou ^b   Yaroh, Asma Gali ^c   Habi, Oumarou ^b   Bensaid ^d   Kalter, Henry D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Institut National de la Statistique   (Niger)

^c Ministry of Health   (Niger)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NIGER; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGER; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84999219566     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.06.010603     Document Type: Article

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