Infant and child mortality in developing countries: Analysing the data for robust determinants

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-118

  Hanmer, Lucia ^a   Lensink, Robert ^b   White, Howard ^c  

^a Department for International Devmt ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; SERVICE PROVISION;

EID: 0344272247     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380412331293687     Document Type: Article

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