Infant mortality and life expectancy in China

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 379-385

  Xu, Yanhua ^a,b   Zhang, Weifang ^a,b   Yang, Rulai ^a   Zou, Chaochun ^a,c   Zhao, Zhengyan ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gross domestic product; Infant mortality; Life expectancy; Social class

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PARASITOSIS; VITAL SIGN;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERNATIONALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897829636     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.890204     Document Type: Article

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