Quantifying and explaining changes in geographical inequality of infant mortality in England and Wales since the 1890s

International Journal of Population Geography

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-51

  Congdon, P ^a   Campos, R M ^a   Curtis, S E ^a   Southall, H R ^b   Gregory, I N ^b   Jones, I R ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geographic inequality; Housing quality; Infant mortality; Population density; Smoothing mortality rates

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HOUSING CONDITIONS; INFANT MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035049053     PISSN: 10773495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijpg.203     Document Type: Article

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