Risk factors of infant and child mortality in rural Burkina Faso

Risk factors of infant and child mortality in rural Burkina Faso

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to quantify the effect of risk factors for childhood mortality in a typical rural setting in sub- Saharan Africa. METHODS: We performed a survival analysis of births within a population under demographic surveillance from 1992 to 1999 based on data from a demograp...

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Main Authors: Becher Heiko, Müller Olaf, Jahn Albrecht, Gbangou Adjima, Kynast-Wolf Gisela, Kouyaté Bocar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2004-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Infant mortality
Maternal mortality
Twins
Age factors
Birth intervals
Ethnology
Seasons
Health services accessibility
Risk factors
Survival analysis
Burkina Faso
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862004000400008

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