Fertility and infant mortality trends in Nicaragua 1964-1993. The role of women's education

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 132-137

  Peña, Rodolfo ^a,b,c   Liljestrand, Jerker ^d   Zelaya, Elmer ^a,b,c   Persson, Lars Åke ^c  

^a Univ Nacional Autónoma   (Nicaragua)

^b University Hospital   (Nicaragua)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FERTILITY; INFANT MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NICARAGUA; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL;

LEON; NICARAGUA;

EID: 0033051087     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.53.3.132     Document Type: Article

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