Does an increase of low income families affect child health inequalities? A Swedish case study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 584-588

  Bremberg, S ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0042267443     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.8.584     Document Type: Article

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