World health inequality: Convergence, divergence, and development

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 617-624

  Clark, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national; Development; Health inequality; Infant mortality; Life expectancy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT MORTALITY; KUZNETS CURVE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARTICLE; CAPITAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILITY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NARRATIVE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBANIZATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; NEWBORN; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79954451543     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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