Do social and economic reforms change socioeconomic inequalities in child mortality? A case study: New Zealand 1981-1999

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 638-644

  Shaw, Caroline ^a   Blakely, Tony ^a   Atkinson, June ^a   Crampton, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; MOTHER; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATION; PARENTAL SCHOOLING; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

EID: 23144450232     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.032466     Document Type: Article

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