Child survival, height for age and household characteristics in Brazil

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 197-234

  Thomas, Duncan ^a   Strauss, John ^b   Henriques, Maria Helena ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; FAMILY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH; HOUSEHOLDS; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; LENGTH OF LIFE; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORSHIP; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; HEALTH; HOUSEHOLDS; INCOME; LATIN AMERICA; LENGTH OF LIFE; MORTALITY; PARENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOUTH AMERICA; SURVIVORSHIP;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; HEALTH; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; LATIN AMERICA; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PARENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; SURVIVAL RATE;

CHILD HEIGHT; CHILD SURVIVAL; HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0025572357     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3878(90)90022-4     Document Type: Article

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