Morbidity and mortality disparities among colonist and indigenous populations in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 401-411

  Kuang Yao Pan, William ^a   Erlien, Christine ^b   Bilsborrow, Richard E ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonists; Ecuadorian Amazon; Human environment dynamics; Indigenous; Land use; Morbidity and mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LAND USE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LAND USE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION; POPULATION RISK; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROUPS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

AMAZONIA; ECUADOR;

EID: 73149124494     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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