Clustering of deaths in families: Infant and child mortality in historical perspective

Biodemography and Social Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-86

  Edvinsson, Sören ^a   Janssens, Angélique ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY; NEWBORN; STATISTICS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84869776604     PISSN: 19485565     EISSN: 19485573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2012.738575     Document Type: Article

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