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Postneonatal and child mortality among twins in Southern and Eastern Africa

Author(s) -

Aafke Justesen,

Anton E. Kunst

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/29.4.678

Subject(s) - medicine , breastfeeding , demography , singleton , infant mortality , odds ratio , child mortality , socioeconomic status , attendance , logistic regression , population , confidence interval , pediatrics , environmental health , pregnancy , pathology , sociology , biology , economics , genetics , economic growth

Few studies have evaluated the difference in mortality between twins and singleton children during the postneonatal and childhood period in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to quantify the excess mortality of twins during the postneonatal and childhood period and to identify factors that contribute to the excess mortality among twins. The different use made of health care services was hypothesized to contribute to the increased mortality.

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