Determinants of Neonatal and Under-five Mortality in Kenya: Do Antenatal and Skilled Delivery Care Services Matter?
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Keywords
Antenatal care; delivery care; neonatal mortality; under-five mortality;All these keywords.
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- I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
- J0 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
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