Mapping the geography of child mortality: a key step in addressing disparities

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2016, Pages e877-e878

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY;

EID: 84992723892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30264-9     Document Type: Note

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