## Abstract The excess female infant mortality observed in South Asia has typically been attributed to gender discrimination in the intraβhousehold allocation of food and medical care. However, studies on child nutrition find no evidence of gender differences. A natural explanation could be that in
Seasonality and child morbidity in rural Bangladesh
β Scribed by Dr. E. K. Rousham; C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 879 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1042-0533
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