Neighborhood Matters Infant Mortality Rates in Four Cities

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  • LELAND G. NEUBERG
  • Victor G. Rodwin
چکیده

Indicators/Winter 2002–3 15 Indicators, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter 2002–3, pp. 15–38. © 2003 M.E. Sharpe, Inc. All rights reserved. ISSN 1535–7449 / 2003 $9.50 + 0.00. LELAND G. NEUBERG teaches statistics at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Boston University. VICTOR G. RODWIN is professor of health policy and management at the Wagner School of Public Service at New York University, and he is director of the World Cities Project (WCP) at the International Longevity Center-USA (ILC-USA). POST-ELECTION ISSUES

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تاریخ انتشار 2002