Putting child mortality on a map: Towards an understanding of inequity in health

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 653-662

  Tottrup, C ^a   Tersbol, B P ^a   Lindeboom, W ^b   Meyrowitsch, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Research on Poverty Alleviation   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Child mortality trends; Geographic information system; Geographical variations; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; MAPPING METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 67650742298     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02275.x     Document Type: Article

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