Fertility and mortality differentials among selected tribal population groups of north-western and eastern India

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 253-264

  Kapoor, A K ^a   Kshatriya, Gautam K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ASIA; CHILD MORTALITY; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FERTILITY; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; INDIA; MORTALITY; MOTHERS; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHERN ASIA; TRIBES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034066087     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000002534     Document Type: Review

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