A way of measuring poverty that could further a change for the better

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Feldmeiera, Hermann ^a   Krantz, Ingela ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Skaraborgs Institutet   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SIZE; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; POVERTY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 44949251767     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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