Income inequality and child mortality in wealthy nations
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Income inequality and child mortality in wealthy nations.
BACKGROUND Relationships between income inequality and various health indicators have been the subject of much study and some controversy. We investigated associations between child mortality and income inequality amongst the wealthier OECD countries as well as changes in their relative child mortality rankings over time. METHODS Data were drawn from the 2003-2006 'State of the World's Childr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Health
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1741-3850,1741-3842
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdm009