Widening socioeconomic disparities in US childhood mortality, 1969-2000

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1658-1665

  Singh, Gopal K ^a   Kogan, Michael D ^a  

^a HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; INJURY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PARENT; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ABNORMALITIES; ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34548487779     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.087320     Document Type: Article

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