Creating and using new data sources to analyze the relationship between social policy and global health: The case of maternal leave

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2011, Pages 127-134

  Heymann, Jody ^a   Raub, Amy ^a   Earle, Alison ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; JOB ANALYSIS; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FAMILY LEAVE; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARENTAL LEAVE; PUBLIC POLICY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 80655147299     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549111260s317     Document Type: Article

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