A comprehensive analysis on child mortality and its determinants in Bangladesh using frailty models

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Khan, Jahidur Rahman ^a   Awan, Nabil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Child mortality; Determinants; Random effect; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029002253     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13690-017-0224-6     Document Type: Article

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