Infant mortality decline in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: The role of market milk

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 585-602

  Lee, Kwang Sun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CHILD CARE; DIARRHEA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD PROCESSING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITION; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35348824984     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2007.0051     Document Type: Review

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