Geographical Inequalities and Social and Environmental Risk Factors for Under-Five Mortality in Ghana in 2000 and 2010: Bayesian Spatial Analysis of Census Data.

Under-five mortality is declining in Ghana and many other countries. Very few studies have measured under-five mortality-and its social and environmental risk factors-at fine spatial resolutions, which is relevant for policy purposes. Our aim was to estimate under-five mortality and its social and e...

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Main Authors: Raphael E Arku, James E Bennett, Marcia C Castro, Kofi Agyeman-Duah, Samilia E Mintah, James H Ware, Philomena Nyarko, John D Spengler, Samuel Agyei-Mensah, Majid Ezzati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-06-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4915620?pdf=render