Socio-economic factors in Infant and child mortality: A cross-national comparison

Population Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 193-223

  Hobcraft, J N ^a   Mcdonald, J W ^b   Rutstein, S O ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b World Fertility Survey ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEMOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, ANCIENT; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, EARLY MODERN; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, MEDIEVAL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, MODERN; STATISTICS;

EID: 0021643821     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.1984.10410286     Document Type: Article

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