Deadly Cities? Spatial Inequalities in Mortality in sub-Saharan Africa

Population and Development Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 469-486

  Günther, Isabel ^a   Harttgen, Kenneth ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HEALTH SURVEY; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84866179717     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2012.00512.x     Document Type: Article

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