Social determinants of health in India: Progress and inequities across states

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cowling, Krycia ^a   Dandona, Rakhi ^a   Dandona, Lalit ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; India; Multidimensional poverty; Social determinants of health; Subnational estimation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EDUCATION; EQUITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENDER ISSUE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LIVING STANDARD; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL SECURITY; WATER POLLUTION; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH DISPARITY; POLITICS; PROCEDURES; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

INDIA;

AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COOKING; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; POLITICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SANITATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84964315382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-014-0088-0     Document Type: Article

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