Determinants of national life expectancy

Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-29

  Barlow, Robin ^a   Vissandjée, Bilkis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLY; LONGEVITY; MODELING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 0032845461     PISSN: 02255189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02255189.1980.9669796     Document Type: Article

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