Associations Between Sex Composition of Older Siblings and Infant Mortality in India from 1992 to 2016

Background: This study examines associations between sex composition of older siblings and infant mortality by sex, to guide efforts to address excess female infant mortality in India. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of infant mortality in India using four waves of data f...

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Main Authors: Anita Raj, Nicole E. Johns, Lotus McDougal, Amruta Trivedi, Prashant Bharadwaj, Jay G. Silverman, Kaushalendra Kumar, Laishram Ladusingh, Abhishek Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537019301609