The millennium development goals and the inverse care law: No progress where it is most needed?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 938-939

  Victora, Cesar G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREMATURE LABOR; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SURVIVAL RATE;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; FEMALE; GOALS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 54349117761     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.081653     Document Type: Editorial

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