The determinants of child health in Pakistan: An economic analysis

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 531-556

  Shehzad, Shafqat ^a  

^a Sustainable Development Policy Institute Islamabad   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Child health; Latent variables; MIMIC models; Stock of health; Unobservability

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; MODEL;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33746046376     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-005-3247-2     Document Type: Article

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