The determinants of infant mortality in the less developed countries: A cross-national test of five theories

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 215-234

  Frey, R Scott ^a   Field, Carolyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EID: 0033692752     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007093631977     Document Type: Article

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