Political and social context of not attaining the Millennium Development Goal to reduce poverty

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 772-779

  Palma Solís, Marco ^a   Gil González, Diana ^b   Álvarez Dardet, Carlos ^b   Ruiz Cantero, María Teresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF TRADE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NATIONAL POLITICS; POLICY STRATEGY; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY; HUMAN; INCOME; POLICY; POLITICS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POLITICS; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 54249136727     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.040444     Document Type: Article

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