Why infant mortality is low in Kerala.

Abstract:

:The reasons for comparatively low infant mortality rates in the Indian state of Kerala are examined. The importance of improvements in education and in the health care delivery system is stressed.

journal_name

Indian J Pediatr

authors

Philip E

doi

10.1007/BF02751009

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1985-09-01 00:00:00

pages

439-43

issue

418

eissn

0019-5456

issn

0973-7693

journal_volume

52

pub_type

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