Spatial modeling of geographic inequalities in infant and child mortality across Nepal

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 929-936

  Chin, Brian ^a   Montana, Livia ^b   Basagaña, Xavier ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Geographic Information System (GIS); Infant mortality; Nepal; Proportional hazards; Spatial modeling

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; GIS; HEALTH POLICY; INFANT MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NEPAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

NEPAL;

EID: 79958063076     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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