Economic and other determinants of infant and child mortality in small developing countries: The case of Central America and the Caribbean

Applied Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-290

  Hojman, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY; MODELLING APPROACH; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

CARIBBEAN; CENTRAL AMERICA;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD MORTALITY--DETERMINANTS; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; GEOGRAPHY; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT MORTALITY--DETERMINANTS; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIREGIONAL ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; POLITICAL FACTORS; POLITICS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDIES; THEORETICAL MODEL; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; CARIBBEAN; CASE STUDIES; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD MORTALITY--DETERMINANTS; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC FACTORS; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; INFANT MORTALITY--DETERMINANTS; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; MULTIREGIONAL ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; POLITICAL FACTORS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STUDIES;

AMERICAS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; INFANT MORTALITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; POLITICS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0029665922     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368496328641     Document Type: Article

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