Inequalities in global trade: A cross-country comparison of trade network position, economic wealth, pollution and mortality

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Prell, Christina ^a   Sun, Laixiang ^a   Feng, Kuishuang ^a   Myroniuk, Tyler W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MORTALITY RATE; SOCIAL NETWORK; ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EXHAUST GAS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORTALITY; POLLUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRENDS;

EXHAUST GAS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMERCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84955458196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144453     Document Type: Article

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