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Does Family Planning Reduce Infant Mortality? Evidence from Surveillance Data in Matlab, Bangladesh [PDF]

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: Analyzing the effect of family planning on child survival remains an important issue but is not straightforward because of several mechanisms linking family planning, birth intervals, total fertility, and child survival. This study uses a dynamic model
Saha, U.R., Soest, A.H.O. van
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Ethnomedicinal Uses, Phytochemistry, Pharmacological Activities, and Toxicology of the Subfamily Gomphrenoideae (Amaranthaceae): A Comprehensive Review

open access: yesChemistry &Biodiversity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The subfamily Gomphrenoideae is composed of about 480 accepted species, many of which have been historically used as medicinal plants, reason why they have been studied in terms of chemical profile, biological activity, and safety. This review consolidates the advances in research on this subfamily over the past 47 years, emphasizing its ...
Dayanna Isabel Araque Gelves   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Infant mortality due to perinatal causes in Brazil: trends, regional patterns and possible interventions

open access: yesSão Paulo Medical Journal, 2001
CONTEXT: Brazilian infant and child mortality levels are not compatible with the country's economic potential. In this paper, we provide a description of levels and trends in infant mortality due to perinatal causes and malformations and assess the ...
Cesar Gomes Victora   +1 more
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INCOME AND INFANT MORTALITY [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 1919
Miss Lathrop, who is a leader in the country-wide movement to save the babies, tells us in this article how an insufficient wage, a mother who is obliged to labor, and a community that is careless about its housing, constitute three very important factors to the infant mortality.
openaire   +3 more sources

Toxic exposure in America: estimating fetal and infant health outcomes [PDF]

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We examine the effect of toxic exposure on U.S. infant and fetal mortality rates between 1989 and 2002 from toxic pollution released by facilities reporting to the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI).
Chanont Banternghansa   +2 more
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Perventricular Device Closure of Native Congenital Muscular Ventricular Septal Defects in Small Infants   $\hspace{0.17em}$ ≤ 5 kg: Single‐Center Study of the Risk Factors for Failure of the Intervention and Non‐Optimal Outcome

open access: yesCatheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Perventricular device closure of muscular VSD in small infants is a less invasive option than surgical closure under cardiopulmonary bypass and offers better outcomes than palliative pulmonary artery banding. However, the specific risk factors that could affect procedural success and optimal outcomes have not been ...
Emine Hekim Yilmaz   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Impact of the Mother and Infant Health Project in Ukraine [PDF]

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This paper exploits a unique opportunity to evaluate the impact of the quality change in the labor and delivery services on maternal and infant health. Since basic medical care has been universally available in Ukraine, implementation of the Mother and ...
Maria Vyshnya, Olena Nizalova
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Fathers Matter

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Men's Health, 2014
Infant mortality is the most widely used indicator of a nation’s health status and is associated with a plethora of maternal and socioeconomic factors. Although the association between young and old maternal age and the risk of infant mortality is well ...
Lauren Abla Doamekpor MPH   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparisons of infant mortality in the Austrian Empire Länder using the Tafeln (1851-54) [PDF]

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In this paper we measure differences in infant mortality among the central European populations of the Austrian Empire during the mid-19th century using data published in the Tafeln zur Statistik der Österreichischen Monarchie (Statistical Tables of the
Fiorenzo Rossi, Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna
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