Determinants of child morbidity in Latin America: A pooled analysis of interactions between parental education and economic status

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 375-386

  Hatt, Laurel E ^a   Waters, Hugh R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Education; Interaction; Latin America; Respiratory illness; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; MORBIDITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORBIDITY; POVERTY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATIN AMERICA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MORBIDITY; PARENTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 28444468395     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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