Health inequality in India: Evidence from NFHS 3

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 43, Issue 31, 2008, Pages 41-47

  Joe, William ^a   Mishra, U S ^a   Navaneetham, K ^a  

^a Center for Development Studies   (India)

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