Equitable child health interventions: The impact of improved water and sanitation on inequalities in child mortality in Stockholm, 1878 to 1925

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 208-216

  Burström, Bo ^a,b   Macassa, Gloria ^a,b   Öberg, Lisa ^a,c   Bernhardt, Eva ^a   Smedman, Lars ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EUROPE; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POVERTY; REVIEW; SEWER; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 13144255684     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.034900     Document Type: Review

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