Life expectancy at birth and life disparity: an assessment of sex differentials in mortality in India
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Population Studies
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2424-8606,2424-8150
DOI: 10.18063/ijps.2016.01.005