The unequal world of health data.
editorial · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 19956675.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000155 and PMC identifier 2777404.
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Abstract
Peter Byass argues that less data are available on the health of the poor than of the rich, and discusses several alternative strategies to improve the representativeness of health data.
Medical subject headings
- Epidemiologic Methods
- Epidemiology
- Global Health
- Poverty