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Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of child survival in Bangladesh

A K Majumder1, S M Islam

  • 1Department of Statistics, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Journal of Biosocial Science
|July 1, 1993
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Keywords:
AsiaBangladeshChild MortalityChild Survival--determinantsDemographic FactorsDeveloping CountriesDifferential Mortality--determinantsEconomic FactorsEducational Status--menEducational Status--womenEmployment--womenFamily And HouseholdFamily CharacteristicsFamily SizeFertilityFertility MeasurementsFertility SurveysLength Of LifeMacroeconomic FactorsMortalityPopulationPopulation DynamicsResearch ReportSocioeconomic FactorsSocioeconomic StatusSouthern AsiaSurvivorship

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