Comparing child mortality in Taiwan and selected industrialized countries

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-180

  Wu, Jennifer Chun Li ^a   Chiang, Tung Liang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Cross national comparison; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INVESTMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TAIWAN;

EID: 33847781972     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60237-0     Document Type: Article

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