Socioeconomic inequality in infant mortality in Iran and across its provinces

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 837-844

  Hosseinpoor, Ahmad Reza ^a   Mohammad, Kazem ^b   Majdzadeh, Reza ^b   Naghavi, Mohsen ^c   Abolhassani, Farid ^b   Sousa, Angelica ^a   Speybroeck, Niko ^a   Jamshidi, Hamid Reza ^c   Vega, Jeanette ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Economic indicators; Infant mortality; Iran (Islamic Republic of); Odds ratio; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

INFANT MORTALITY; MODELING; REGIONAL PATTERN; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; SOCIAL CLASS;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 27744553911     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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