Is discrimination in food really necessary for explaining sex differentials in childhood mortality?

Population Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 193-210

  Basu, Alaka Malwade ^a  

^a National Council of Applied Economic Research   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; FOOD DISCRIMINATION; HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENTIAL;

ASIA;

EID: 0024898162     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472031000144086     Document Type: Article

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