Socioeconomic determinants of infant mortality: A worldwide study of 152 low-, middle-, and high-income countries

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 288-297

  Schell, Carl Otto ^a   Rosling, Hans ^a   Peterson, Stefan ^a   Mia Ekström, Anna ^a   Reilly, Marie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child mortality; female literacy; Gini index; GNI; health determinant; health expenditure; health system; infant mortality rate; poverty; socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34447101849     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940600979171     Document Type: Article

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