Commentary: Child health surveys: The equity dimension

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1439-1441

  Victora, Cesar G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DIARRHEA; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; NOTE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33846643579     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl232     Document Type: Note

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