Ethnic residential patterns as predictors of intra-urban child mortality inequality in Accra, Ghana

Urban Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 526-548

  Weeks, John R ^a   Hill, Allan G ^b   Getis, Arthur ^a   Stow, Douglas ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accra; Child mortality; Ethnicity; Ghana; Residential patterns; Urban

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN SOCIETY;

ACCRA; AFRICA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33846654202     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.27.6.526     Document Type: Article

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