Measuring health inequality among children in developing countries: Does the choice of the indicator of economic status matter?

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-12

  Houweling, Tanja AJ ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MEASLES VACCINATION; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; CAMEROON; CHAD; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; INDONESIA; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MEASLES; MORTALITY RATE; PAKISTAN; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

MEASLES VACCINE;

EID: 3042687133     PISSN: 14759276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-2-1     Document Type: Article

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