Socio-economic inequalities in child health: Recent evidence from India

Global Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 493-508

  Joe, W ^a   Mishra, U S ^a   Navaneetham, K ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Child health; Health inequality; India; NFHS 3; Relative disadvantages

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; UNDERWEIGHT;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; THINNESS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 77955255726     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441690903213774     Document Type: Article

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