What explains rural-urban differentials in child mortality in Brazil?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 989-1002

  Sastry, Narayan ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Child mortality; Community characteristics; Rural urban differentials

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; REPRODUCTION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

CHILD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; POPULATION CHANGE; RURAL-URBAN DIFFERENTIAL; SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0030618008     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00224-9     Document Type: Article

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