Titre :
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Poverty and infant mortality in the Eastern Mediterranean region : a meta-analysis. (2008)
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Auteurs :
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JAHAN (S.) : SAU. Health Education and Training Department. Primary Health Care Administration. Qassim.
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 62, n° 8, 2008)
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Pagination :
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745-751
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Pauvreté
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Nourrisson
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Mortalité
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Epidémiologie
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Homme
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 8R0xDosk. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives : To test the hypothesis that poverty is associated with infant mortality in Eastern Mediterranean countries and to measure the strength of the association. Methods : A bibliographic search was conducted. The studies including data regarding deaths during the first year of life, socioeconomic status of the household and/or maternal literacy were selected. Nine studies, conducted in the Eastern Mediterranean region, fulfilled the inclusion criteria. These included seven cross-sectional surveys and two case-control studies. Maternal illiteracy and low socioeconomic status were used to show the level of poverty in each household. Risk estimates for low socioeconomic status and maternal illiteracy were extracted from each study. Meta-analysis was performed for the association between exposure groups of low socioeconomic status and maternal illiteracy and the outcome of death within the first year of life. Main results : Poverty was associated with an increased risk of infant death (pooled OR 1.52,95% Cl 1.38 to 1.67), significant at p
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