The extent and distribution of inequalities in childhood mortality by cause of death according to parental socioeconomic positions: A birth cohort study in South Korea

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1116-1126

  Kim, Jongoh ^a   Son, Mia ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c   Oh, Juhwan ^c,d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Cause of death; Child mortality; Health inequality; Parents; Socioeconomic position; South Korea

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; MALE; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PARENTAL AGE; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH KOREA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; KOREA; MALE; PARENTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 69849104293     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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