Inequality as a Powerful Predictor of Infant and Maternal Mortality around the World

Juan Ignacio Ruiz; Kaamel Nuhu; Justin Tyler McDaniel; Federico Popoff; Ariel Izcovich; Juan Martin Criniti

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140796

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Inequality as a Powerful Predictor of Infant and Maternal Mortality around the World

Juan Ignacio Ruiz ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Juan Ignacio Ruiz, Kaamel Nuhu, Justin Tyler McDaniel, Federico Popoff, Ariel Izcovich, Juan Martin Criniti

* E-mail: juaniruiz@siu.edu

Affiliation Department of Health Education and Recreation, College of Education and Human Services, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
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Kaamel Nuhu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Juan Ignacio Ruiz, Kaamel Nuhu, Justin Tyler McDaniel, Federico Popoff, Ariel Izcovich, Juan Martin Criniti

Affiliation Department of Health Education and Recreation, College of Education and Human Services, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
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Justin Tyler McDaniel ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Juan Ignacio Ruiz, Kaamel Nuhu, Justin Tyler McDaniel, Federico Popoff, Ariel Izcovich, Juan Martin Criniti

Affiliation Department of Health Education and Recreation, College of Education and Human Services, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
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Federico Popoff ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Juan Ignacio Ruiz, Kaamel Nuhu, Justin Tyler McDaniel, Federico Popoff, Ariel Izcovich, Juan Martin Criniti

Affiliation Servicio de Clínica Médica, Hospital Aleman, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Ariel Izcovich ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Juan Ignacio Ruiz, Kaamel Nuhu, Justin Tyler McDaniel, Federico Popoff, Ariel Izcovich, Juan Martin Criniti

Affiliation Servicio de Clínica Médica, Hospital Aleman, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Juan Martin Criniti

Contributed equally to this work with: Juan Ignacio Ruiz, Kaamel Nuhu, Justin Tyler McDaniel, Federico Popoff, Ariel Izcovich, Juan Martin Criniti

Affiliation Servicio de Clínica Médica, Hospital Aleman, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Inequality as a Powerful Predictor of Infant and Maternal Mortality around the World

Juan Ignacio Ruiz,
Kaamel Nuhu,
Justin Tyler McDaniel,
Federico Popoff,
Ariel Izcovich,
Juan Martin Criniti

Published: October 21, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140796

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