Urban Area Disadvantage and Under-5 Mortality in Nigeria: The Effect of Rapid Urbanization | Zendy

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Urban Area Disadvantage and Under-5 Mortality in Nigeria: The Effect of Rapid Urbanization

Author(s) -

Diddy Antai,

Tahereh Moradi

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.0901306

Subject(s) - urbanization , disadvantaged , context (archaeology) , environmental health , disadvantage , population , geography , psychological intervention , demography , developing country , multilevel model , child mortality , socioeconomics , medicine , economic growth , economics , sociology , political science , law , archaeology , machine learning , psychiatry , computer science

Living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas is associated with increased -childhood mortality risks. As city living becomes the predominant social context in low- and middle-income countries, the resulting rapid urbanization together with the poor economic circumstances of these countries greatly increases the risks of mortality for children < 5 years of age (under-5 mortality).

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