The effect of female migration on infant and child survival in Uganda

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 403-431

  Ssengonzi, Robert ^a   De Jong, Gordon F ^b   Stokes, C Shannon ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health; Demography; Migration; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

UGANDA;

EID: 0036817986     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021164416703     Document Type: Article

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