Modernization, gender equality, and mortality rates in less developed countries

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-220

  Lee, Matthew R ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034405799     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/027321700279956     Document Type: Article

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