Variations of infant and under-five child mortality rates around the world, the role of human development index (HDI)

International Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1671-1677

  Khazaei, Salman ^a   Ayubi, Erfan ^b   Nematollahi, Shahrzad ^c   Khazaei, Somayeh ^d  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d RAFSANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ecological study; Human development Index; Infant mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006989999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23455055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22038/ijp.2016.6730     Document Type: Article

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