Urban-rural mortality differentials: An unresolved debate;Écarts des taux de mortalité des régions urbaines par opposition aux région rurales: un débat non résolu

Population and Development Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-46

  Woods, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; MORTALITY; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

CHINA; ENGLAND; FRANCE; JAPAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038078920     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2003.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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