Trends and socioeconomic gradients in adult mortality around the developing world

Population and Development Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-29

  De Walque, Damien ^a   Filmer, Deon ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84875486696     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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