Pathways of Economic Inequalities in Maternal and Child Health in Urban India: A Decomposition Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Goli, Srinivas ^a   Doshi, Riddhi ^b   Perianayagam, Arokiasamy ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^b Parkview Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDBIRTH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRENATAL CARE; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84875485604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058573     Document Type: Article

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