Clustering of childhood mortality in rural Burkina Faso
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Clustering of childhood mortality in rural Burkina Faso.
BACKGROUND Childhood mortality is a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. For the implementation of efficient public health systems, knowledge of the spatial distribution of mortality is required. METHODS Data from a demographic surveillance research project were analysed which comprised information obtained for about 30 000 individuals from 39 villages in northwest Burkina Faso ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1464-3685,0300-5771
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.3.485