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High-risk families: The unequal distribution of infant mortality in nineteenth-century Sweden

Sören Edvinsson Umeå University
,
Anders Brändström Umeå University
,
John Rogers Uppsala University
&
Göran Broström Umeå University
Pages 321-337 | Received 01 Feb 2003, Published online: 18 Feb 2007

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