Morbidity and mortality in Brazilian municipalities: A multilevel study of the association between socioeconomic and healthcare indicators

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 775-783

  Cavalini, Luciana Tricai ^a   De Lon, Antonio Carlos Monteiro Ponce ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Healthcare; Inequalities; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTESTINE INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARASITOSIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PARASITIC DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 48349141103     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn088     Document Type: Article

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