Association of rule of law and health outcomes: An ecological study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Pinzon Rondon, Angela Maria ^a   Attaran, Amir ^b   Botero, Juan Carlos ^c   Ruiz Sternberg, Angela Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c The World Justice Project (WJP)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CIVIL RIGHTS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LAW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLITICS; RULE OF LAW; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; ADULT; AGED; CRIMINAL LAW; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN RIGHTS; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CRIMINAL LAW; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84948977819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007004     Document Type: Article

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