Social differentials in the decline of infant mortality in Sweden in the twentieth century: The impact of politics and policy

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 723-741

  Burström, Bo ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INFANT MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

CHILD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; JUSTICE; POLICY; POLITICS; POPULATION; POVERTY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ILLEGITIMACY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLITICS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 1642453587     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/9GMR-TA8W-LA3B-5E2A     Document Type: Review

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