Risk factors of infant and child mortality in rural Burkina Faso

• Main Authors: Becher Heiko (Author), Müller Olaf (Author), Jahn Albrecht (Author), Gbangou Adjima (Author), Kynast-Wolf Gisela (Author), Kouyaté Bocar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...