Political and social determinants of life expectancy in less developed countries: A longitudinal study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lin, Ro Ting ^a   Chen, Ya Mei ^a   Chien, Lung Chang ^b   Chan, Chang Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Developing countries; Life expectancy; Literacy; Malnutrition; Political factors; Public health; Socioeconomic factors; World health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOCRACY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84862822501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-85     Document Type: Article

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