The effects of the parents' social class on infant and child death among 1995-2004 birth cohort in korea

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 469-476

  Son, Mia ^a   Oh, Juhwan ^b   Choi, Yong Jun ^c   Kong, Jeong Ok ^a   Choi, Jisook ^a   Jin, Eunjeong ^a   Jung, Sung Tae ^a   Park, Se Jin ^b  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Class differences; Inequality; Infant and child mortality; Social class

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KOREA; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; KOREA; MALE; PARENTS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 39049177515     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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