Causes of early childhood deaths in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Causes of early childhood deaths in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Data on causes of early childhood death from low-income urban areas are limited. The nationally representative Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2007 estimates 65 children died per 1,000 live births. We investigated rates and causes of under-five deaths in an urban community near two large pe...

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Main Authors: Amal K Halder, Emily S Gurley, Aliya Naheed, Samir K Saha, W Abdullah Brooks, Shams El Arifeen, Hossain M S Sazzad, Eben Kenah, Stephen P Luby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2779865?pdf=render

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