Mortality among twins and singletons in sub-Saharan Africa between 1995 and 2014: a pooled analysis of data from 90 Demographic and Health Surveys in 30 countries

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2017, Pages e673-e679

  Monden, Christiaan W S ^a   Smits, Jeroen ^b  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TWIN PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRENDS; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 85020126559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30197-3     Document Type: Article

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