Infant Mortality

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 251-282

  Frisbie, W Parker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth Outcome; Birth Weight; Infant Death; Infant Mortality; Pregnancy Outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125889686     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-23106-4_10     Document Type: Chapter

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