State abortion restrictions and child fatal-injury: An exploratory study

Southern Economic Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 553-574

  Sen, Bisakha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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