Socioeconomic inequalities in child mortality: Comparisons across nine developing countries

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-28

  Wagstaff, Adam ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Health services accessibility; Infant mortality; Living conditions; Social justice; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JUSTICE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POVERTY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; DEATH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; INEQUALITIES; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDIES; SURVEYS; TECHNICAL REPORT; YOUTH;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033965545     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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