Mortality burden and socioeconomic status in India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Po, June Y T ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; ADOLESCENT; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 79951801670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016844     Document Type: Article

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