Inequalities in child mortality in ten major African cities

BMC Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Quentin, Wilm ^a   Abosede, Olayinka ^b   Aka, Joseph ^c   Akweongo, Patricia ^d   Dinard, Kouassi ^c   Ezeh, Alex ^e   Hamed, Ramadan ^f   Kayembe, Patrick K ^g   Mitike, Getnet ^h   Mtei, Gemini ⁱ   Te Bonle, Marguerite ^c   Sundmacher, Leonie ^j  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^f Social Research Center of the American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^h ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

ⁱ IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Africa; Child mortality; Social justice; Socioeconomic factors; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EGYPT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; RELIABILITY; SENEGAL; TANZANIA; TREND STUDY; CHILD; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGOLA; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; EGYPT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KENYA; NIGERIA; POVERTY; SENEGAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84903169933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-12-95     Document Type: Article

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