Economic Development and the Escape from High Mortality

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 543-568

  Birchenall, Javier A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

developed and less developed countries; economic development; mortality

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INCOME; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33947183887     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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