Explaining the rural-urban gap in infant mortality in India

Demographic Research

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 473-506

  Saikia, Nandita ^a   Singh, Abhishek ^b   Jasilionis, Domantas ^c   Ram, Faujdar ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 84905757274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.18     Document Type: Article

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