Differential infant and child mortality in three Dutch regions, 1812-1909

Economic History Review

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 272-309

  Van Poppel, Frans ^a   Jonker, Marianne ^b   Mandemakers, Kees ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL HISTORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; INFANT MORTALITY;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18744369040     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2005.00305.x     Document Type: Review

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