The vulnerable child. Economic insecurity and child mortality in pre-industrial Sweden: A case study of Vastanfors, 1757-1850

European Journal of Population

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-151

  Bengtsson, Tommy ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; MORTALITY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POVERTY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0032738599     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006215701608     Document Type: Article

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