High infant and child mortality rates in Orissa: An assessment of major reasons

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-200

  Pradhan, Jalandhar ^a   Arokiasamy, P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Child; Health; Infant; Mortality; Orissa

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; INFANT MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33744492042     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.408     Document Type: Article

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