Did the Millennium Development Goals Change Trends in Child Mortality?

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1312-1325

  French, Declan ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child mortality; Millennium Development Goals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUNGER; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; MORTALITY RATE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFANT; MOTIVATION; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOALS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 84938498110     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.3218     Document Type: Article

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