Reductions in child mortality levels and inequalities in Thailand: analysis of two censuses

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9564, 2007, Pages 850-855

  Vapattanawong, Patama ^a   Hogan, Margaret C ^b,c   Hanvoravongchai, Piya ^d,e   Gakidou, Emmanuela ^b,f   Vos, Theo ^b   Lopez, Alan D ^b   Lim, Stephen S ^b,c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Setting Priorities using Information on Cost Effectiveness (SPICE) Project Ministry of Public Health   (Thailand)

^d International Health Policy Program   (Thailand)

^e CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f Harvard Initiative for Global Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND;

EID: 33847685701     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60413-9     Document Type: Article

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