Socio-economic factors associated with infant mortality in Italy: An ecological study

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dallolio, Laura ^a   Di Gregori, Valentina ^a   Lenzi, Jacopo ^a   Franchino, Giuseppe ^a   Calugi, Simona ^a   Domenighetti, Gianfranco ^b   Fantini, Maria Pia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Income; Income inequality; Infant mortality; Unemployment rate

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EQUITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INFANT MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GINI INDEX; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; ITALY; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ITALY;

EID: 84864944806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-45     Document Type: Article

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