Trends in infant/child mortality and life expectancy in Indigenous populations in Yunnan Province, China

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 216-223

  Li, Jianghong ^a,c   Luo, Chun ^b   de Klerk, Nicholas ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child mortality; China; Indigenous health; Infant mortality; Life expectancy; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY;

CENSUSES; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POPULATION GROUPS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 47249164347     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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