On the World Health Organisation's measurement of health inequalities

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 177-182

  Szwarcwald, C Landmann ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL TIME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BRAZIL; CHILD; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0036176393     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.56.3.177     Document Type: Article

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