Contributing determinants of overall and wealth-related inequality in under-5 mortality in 13 African countries

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 667-676

  Van Malderen, Carine ^a   Van Oyen, Herman ^b   Speybroeck, Niko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INEQUALITIES; INTERNATIONAL HLTH; MALE; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CHILD HEALTH; INEQUALITIES; INTERNATIONAL HLTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIO-ECONOMIC;

AFRICA; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AFRICA;

EID: 84885334424     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-202195     Document Type: Article

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