Quantifying the impact of economic crises on infant mortality in advanced economies

Applied Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 3313-3323

  Alexander, Marcus ^a   Harding, Matthew ^b   Lamarche, Carlos ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; INFANT MORTALITY; PUBLIC SPENDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960900250     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840903559620     Document Type: Article

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