Socioeconomic determinants of children's health in Russia: A longitudinal study

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 479-500

  Fedorov, Leonid ^a   Sahn, David E ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD;

EID: 14644401117     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425378     Document Type: Article

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