The social geography of childhood mortality, Toronto, 1901

Urban Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-151

  Mercier, Michael E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood mortality; Mortality determinants; Social geography; Toronto

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; HOUSING CONDITIONS; SOCIAL HISTORY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; TORONTO; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750554054     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.27.2.126     Document Type: Article

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