Mother's, household, and community U.S. migration experience and infant mortality in rural and urban Mexico

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-142

  Hamilton, Erin R ^a   Villarreal, Andrés ^a   Hummer, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthy migrant selectivity; Infant mortality; International migration; Mexico

Indexed keywords

INFANT MORTALITY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349182295     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-008-9097-2     Document Type: Article

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