Areal and socioeconomic differentials in infant and child mortality in Cameroon

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 399-420

  Kuate Defo, Barthélémy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Areal disparities; Cameroon; Infant and child mortality; Socioeconomic differentials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTHER; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TETANUS;

CHILD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FULANI PEOPLE; INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY; KAKA-BAYA PEOPLE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MOTHERS' EDUCATION; REGIONAL DISPARITY; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIFFERENTIAL; SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS; SPATIAL PATTERN;

CAMEROON;

EID: 0029773195     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00107-7     Document Type: Article

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