Determinants of infant and child mortality in Zimbabwe: Results of multivariate hazard analysis

Demographic Research

Volumn 21, Issue , 2009, Pages 367-384

  Kembo, Joshua ^a   Van Ginneken, Jeroen K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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EID: 70349975958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.21.13     Document Type: Article

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