Geographical disparities in child mortality in the rural areas of Iran: 16-Years trend

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 346-349

  Moradi Lakeh, Maziar ^a   Bijari, Bita ^b   Namiranian, Nasim ^c   Olyaeemanesh, Ali Reza ^c   Khosravi, Ardeshir ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; IRAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNIVERSITIES;

IRAN;

EID: 84875051481     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201511     Document Type: Article

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