On the historical relationship between infant and adult mortality

Population Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 195-219

  Woods, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE;

CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, ANCIENT; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, EARLY MODERN; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, MEDIEVAL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, MODERN; STATISTICS;

ADULT MORTALITY; CHILD MORTALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION; HISTORICAL ANALYSIS; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY RATE; MORTALITY RELATIONS; POPULATION CHANGE;

EID: 0027787118     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472031000146976     Document Type: Article

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