Social determinants of children's health in urban areas in India

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 20, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 68-89

  Agarwal, Siddharth ^b   Srivastava, Aradhana ^a  

^a Scientific Writing and Program Research   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Child health; Disparity; Social determinants; Urban; Urban poor

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77249170231     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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