Socioeconomic inequalities in skilled birth attendance and child stunting in selected low and middle income countries: Wealth quintiles or deciles?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Wong, Kerry L M ^a,b   Restrepo Mendez, Marla Clara ^a,c   Barros, Alulsio J D ^a   Victora, Cesar G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GROWTH DISORDERS; MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018338664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174823     Document Type: Article

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