Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in infant mortality in Iran

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1211-1219

  Hosseinpoor, Ahmad Reza ^a   Van Doorslaer, Eddy ^b   Speybroeck, Niko ^a   Naghavi, Mohsen ^c   Mohammad, Kazem ^d   Majdzadeh, Reza ^d   Delavar, Bahram ^c   Jamshidi, Hamidreza ^c   Vega, Jeanette ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; INFANT MORTALITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; IRAN; MALE; MOTHER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33750206357     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl164     Document Type: Article

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