Assessing the effect of mother's migration on childhood mortality in the informal settlements of Nairobi

The Dynamics of Migration, Health and Livelihoods: INDEPTH Network Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 123-138

  Konseiga, Adama ^a,b   Zulu, Eliya M ^c   Bocquier, Philippe ^d   Muindi, Kanyiva ^e   Beguy, Donatien ^e   Yé, Yazoumé ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e Urbanization Poverty and Health Dynamics ^*

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