The dialectics of childhood diarrhea mortality

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 481-501

  Burström, Bo ^a   Öberg, Lisa ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; CLASS; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SANITATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; POLITICS; SANITATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HISTORY; INFANT; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIARRHEA; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORTALITY; SANITATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 34547890302     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/EPEY-MQ53-G6P0-RM30     Document Type: Article

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