Popular perceptions of emerging influences on mortality and longevity in Bangladesh and West Bengal

Population Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 357-363

  Amin, Sajeda ^a   Basu, Alaka Malwade ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Bengal; Mortality; Perceptions; Qualitative reseach

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; HEALTH STATUS; LONGEVITY; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL; WORLD;

EID: 7544220181     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472042000272393     Document Type: Article

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