Determinants of Child Health Inequalities in Developing Countries: a New Perspective

Society

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 641-646

  Amate Fortes, Ignacio ^a   Guarnido Rueda, Almundena ^a   Molina Morales, Agustin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Child health inequality; Developing countries; Health expenditure; Inequality in income; Institutionalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992342800     PISSN: 01472011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12115-016-0072-y     Document Type: Article

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