How high is infant mortality in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States?

Population Studies

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-54

  Aleshina, Nadezhda ^a   Redmond, Gerry ^b,c  

^a EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Central Asia; Eastern Europe; Infant mortality; Live birth; Survey data

Indexed keywords

INFANT MORTALITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 14744306751     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472052000332692     Document Type: Article

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