Explaining household socio-economic related child health inequalities using multiple methods in three diverse settings in South Africa

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Nkonki, Lungiswa L ^a,b   Chopra, Mickey ^c   Doherty, Tanya M ^a,d   Jackson, Debra ^d   Robberstad, Bjarne ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INDEX METHOD; INFRASTRUCTURE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DECOMPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79953260064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-13     Document Type: Article

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