Evidence for causal links between education and maternal and child health: systematic review

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 504-522

  Mensch, Barbara S ^a   Chuang, Erica K ^a   Melnikas, Andrea J ^a   Psaki, Stephanie R ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

education; infant and child health; low and middle income countries; maternal health; systematic review

Indexed keywords

SODIUM ION;

CHILD HEALTH; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DATA EXTRACTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STUNTING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WASTING SYNDROME; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; INFANT; MOTHER; SCHOOL;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTHERS; SCHOOLS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 85063592931     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13218     Document Type: Review

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