Inequalities in child mortality in Mozambique: Differentials by parental socio-economic position

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2255-2264

  Macassa, Gloria ^a,b   Ghilagaber, Gebrenegus ^a   Bernhardt, Eva ^a   Diderichsen, Finn ^a,b   Burström, Bo ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Mozambique; Socio economic position

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; INFANT MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 0142217989     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00545-2     Document Type: Article

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