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Estimating the infant mortality rate from DHS birth histories in the presence of age heaping

BACKGROUND: The infant mortality rate (IMR) is a critical indicator of population health, but its measurement is subject to response bias in countries without complete vital registration systems who rely instead on birth histories collected via sample surveys. One of the most salient bias is the fac...

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Autores principales: Romero Prieto, Julio, Verhulst, Andrea, Guillot, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8565760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34731190
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259304