Effect of the duration of breastfeeding on the lifetime of children in Lesotho

South African Statistical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-82

  De Waal, D J ^a   Worku, Zeleke B ^b   Groenewald, P C N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b Techniken Natal   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bayes estimates; Farlie morgenstern bivariate model; Survival function

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444455946     PISSN: 0038271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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