Estimating spatial inequalities of urban child mortality

Demographic Research

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-62

  Jankowska, Marta M ^a   Benza, Magdalena ^a   Weeks, John R ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84884200536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.28.2     Document Type: Article

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