Infant mortality in Brazil, 1980-2000: A spatial panel data analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Barufi, Ana Maria ^a   Haddad, Eduardo ^a   Paez, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CENSUSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857938359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-181     Document Type: Article

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