Socioeconomic inequalities and mortality trends in BRICS, 1990-2010;Inégalités socioéconomiques et tendances de la mortalité dans le groupe BRICS, 1990-2010

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 405-412

  Mújica, Oscar J ^a   Vázquez, Enrique ^b   Duarte, Elisabeth C ^c   Cortez Escalante, Juan J ^d   Molina, Joaquin ^b   da Silva Jr , Jarbas Barbosa ^d  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HELATH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; BRAZIL; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; INDIA; INFANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TRENDS; UNITED NATIONS;

BRAZIL; CHINA; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUSSIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84901704002     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.13.127977     Document Type: Article

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