Municipal-level covariates of health status in Brazil: A proposed method for data interpolation

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 190-197

  Guanais, Frederico C ^a  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Family health; Infant mortality; Models; Socioeconomic factors; Statistical

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERPOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84887955537     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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