Open AccessContribution of household environment factors to urban Childhood mortality in Mozambique
Author(s) -
Glória Macassa,
Gebrenegus Ghilagaber,
Éva Bernhardt,
Bo Burström
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v81i8.9202
Subject(s) - toilet , socioeconomic status , environmental health , medicine , socioeconomics , developing country , child mortality , rural area , sanitation , geography , demography , population , economic growth , pathology , sociology , economics
Household environment factors are known to be associated with child mortality in urban and rural areas of many developing countries. In Mozambique, no study to date has addressed this relationship. This study is aimed to access the contribution of household environment factors to urban childhood mortality in Mozambique.