How does progress towards the MDG 4 affect inequalities between different subpopulations? Evidence from Nepal

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 311-319

  Nguyen, Kim Huong ^a   Jimenez Soto, Eliana ^a   Morgan, Alison ^b   Morgan, Chris ^c   Hodge, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SUBPOPULATION;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; NEPAL; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEPAL; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION;

NEPAL;

EID: 84875051532     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201503     Document Type: Article

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