Socioeconomic inequality in infant mortality in Iran and across its provinces.

OBJECTIVE: To measure the socioeconomic inequality in infant mortality in Iran (the Islamic Republic of Iran). METHODS: We analysed data from the provincially representative Demographic and Health Survey, which was done in Iran in 2000. We used a dichotomous hierarchical ordered probit model to deve...

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Published in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 83; no. 11; pp. 837 - 845
Main Authors: Hosseinpoor AR, Mohammad K, Majdzadeh R, Naghavi M, Abolhassani F, Sousa A, Speybroeck N, Jamshidi HR, Vega J
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: World Health Organization Nov2005
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