Trends and racial differences in infant mortality in South Africa

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1126-1137

  Burgard, Sarah A ^a   Treiman, Donald J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apartheid; Infant mortality; Racial inequality; South Africa

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; INFANT MORTALITY; RACIAL DISPARITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PUBLIC POLICY; RACE RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 31144457272     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.07.025     Document Type: Article

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