Migration and child health inequities in Nigeria: A multilevel analysis of contextual- and individual-level factors;Migrations et iniquités dans la santé des enfants au Nigeria: Une analyse multi-niveau des facteurs contextuels et individuels

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1464-1474

  Antai, Diddy ^a   Wedrén, Sara ^a   Bellocco, Rino ^a   Moradi, Tahereh ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Disruption; Infant , child and under five mortality; Migration; Multilevel modelling; Nigeria; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL HEALTH; MIGRATORY POPULATION; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VULNERABILITY;

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRANT BIRD; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

NIGERIA;

EID: 78649699776     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02643.x     Document Type: Article

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