Global, regional, and national mortality trends in older children and young adolescents (5–14 years) from 1990 to 2016: an analysis of empirical data

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2018, Pages e1087-e1099

  Masquelier, Bruno ^a   Hug, Lucia ^b   Sharrow, David ^b   You, Danzhen ^b   Hogan, Daniel ^c   Hill, Kenneth ^d   Liu, Jing ^e   Pedersen, Jon ^f   Alkema, Leontine ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

^e Fafo Technical Consulting   (China)

^f Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MORTALITY RATE; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; REGISTRATION; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED NATIONS; VITAL STATISTICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GLOBAL HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS;

EID: 85053217116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30353-X     Document Type: Article

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