The impact of rural-urban migration on under-two mortality in India

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-31

  Stephenson, Rob ^a   Matthews, Zoe ^b   McDonald, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0037223987     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932003000154     Document Type: Article

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