Infant mortality trends in a region of Belarus, 1980-2000

• Main Authors: Lawvere Silvana (Author), Mahoney Martin C (Author), Zichittella Lauren J (Author), Michalek Arthur M (Author), Chunikhovskiy Sergey P (Author), Khotianov Natan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and the breakup of the former Soviet Union (FSU) in 1991 challenged the public health infrastructure in the former Soviet republic of Belarus. Because infant mortality is regarded as a sensitive measure...