Year: 1994
Type: article
Abstract: Letters to the Editor gees who came to the United States at least had reduced infant mortality rela- tive to those who remained in Vietnam.3In our comparisons among Vietnamese regions, though limited by small num- bers we did observe a suggestion of a lack of decrease in mortality in the areas thought to be most affected by the war.1 (table 3) The most optimistic inference from comparing our and Ascherio et al.'s papers is the growth in recognition over the past several decades, of the public health impact of war.To our knowledge, potential war-related effects on infant and child mortality in the Vietnamese population were not addressed at all in the Western literature prior to our report, which thus required a reliance on data far from optimal for that purpose.In contrast, the research community promptly developed and conducted an extensive survey directly focused on the health of infants and children in Iraq.O
Authors: Phyllis L. Ellickson, Robert M. Bell
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2023526292