Maternal education, fertility, and child survival in comoros

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2018, Pages

  Oyekale, Abayomi Samuel ^a   Maselwa, Thonaeng Charity ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Child survival; Comoros; Education; Fertility

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; FERTILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMOROS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEAD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTHER; TWINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

COMOROS; GRANDE COMORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMOROS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85058271029     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15122814     Document Type: Article

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