Overview of social inequalities in health in the Region of the Americas, using various methodological approaches

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 388-397

  Alleyne, George A O ^a   Castillo Salgado, Carlos ^a   Schneider, Maria Cristina ^a   Loyola, Enrique ^a   Vidaurre, Manuel ^a  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Americas; Equity; Health status; Health status indicators; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036978770     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892002001200005     Document Type: Review

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