The risk of child and adolescent mortality among vulnerable populations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 523-546

  Iyer, S ^a   Monteiro, M F G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; MOTHERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4344717034     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932003006436     Document Type: Article

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