The effects of kin on child mortality in rural Gambia

Demography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-63

  Sear, Rebecca ^a   Steele, Fiona ^b   McGregor, Ian A ^b   Mace, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NEWBORN; PROBABILITY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PROBABILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036480049     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088363     Document Type: Article

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