Infant Health and Infant Mortality in Europe: Lessons from the Past and Challenges for the Future

The Decline of Infant and Child Mortality: the European Experience: 1750-1990

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 1-34

  Masuy Stroobant, Godelieve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

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EID: 85200841037     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1163/9789004638679_004     Document Type: Chapter

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