Regional patterns of sex bias and excess female child mortality in India

Population

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 833-864

  Arokiasamy, Perianayagam ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY; REGIONAL PATTERN;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33750615860     PISSN: 16342941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3654897     Document Type: Article

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