Mortality as an indicator of economic success and failure

Economic Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 446, 1998, Pages 1-25

  Sen, Amartya ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY RATES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS;

EID: 0031976601     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00270     Document Type: Article

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