Journal article
Infant mortality in Brazil, 1980-2000: A spatial panel data analysis
Abstract
BackgroundInfant mortality is an important measure of human development, related to the level of welfare of a society. In order to inform public policy, various studies have tried to identify the factors that influence, at an aggregated level, infant mortality. The objective of this paper is to analyze the regional pattern of infant mortality in Brazil, evaluating the effect of infrastructure, socio-economic, and demographic variables to …
Authors
Barufi AM; Haddad E; Paez A
Journal
BMC Public Health, Vol. 12, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2012
DOI
10.1186/1471-2458-12-181
ISSN
1472-698X