A study of some important biological factors influencing infant mortality under Indian conditions

Sandell, J.; Upadhya, A.K.; Mehrotra, S.K.; Pandey, O.N.

Journal of the Indian Medical Association 86(9): 231-233

1988


ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5847
PMID: 3235840
Document Number: 325568
The authors analyze the biological factors affecting infant mortality in Gorakhpur, a district in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. The data concern 162 families living in rural, semi-urban, and urban areas and were collected in 1984. The factors considered include age of mother, age and sex of infants, family type, birth spacing, birth order, and birth weight.

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