Infant mortality in Victorian Britain: The mother as medium

Economic History Review

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 699-733

  Millward, R ^a   Bell, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; INFANT MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035657629     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0289.00209     Document Type: Article

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