Regional socioeconomic indicators and ethnicity as predictors of regional infant mortality rate in Slovakia

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 523-531

  Rosicova, Katarina ^a   Madarasova Geckova, Andrea ^a   Van Dijk, Jitse P ^a,d   Kollarova, Jana ^b   Rosic, Martin ^c   Groothoff, Johan W ^d  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b Department of Health Promotion   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRE OV   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infant mortality; Regional differences; Roma population; Socioeconomic indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GIPSY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NEWBORN; SLOVAKIA; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SLOVAKIA; SOCIAL CLASS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 80955145031     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0199-3     Document Type: Article

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