Child survival in big cities: The disadvantages of migrants

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 1371-1383

  Brockerhoff, Martin ^a  

^a Research Division   (United States)

Author keywords

child survival; rural urban migration; urban health; urban housing

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOUSING CONDITIONS; MIGRANT POPULATION; MORTALITY RATE; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; URBAN HEALTH;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CITY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; BIRTH INTERVALS; CAUSALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0028987708     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)00268-X     Document Type: Article

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