SOCIAL AND BIOLOGICAL FACTORS IN INFANT MORTALITY†

VARIATION OF MORTALITY WITH MOTHER'S AGE AND PARITY‡

  1. J. A. Heady M.A.,
  2. J. N. Morris M.A., F.R.C.P.

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1959.tb02099.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 66, Issue 4, pages 577–593, August 1959

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Heady, J. A. and Morris, J. N. (1959), SOCIAL AND BIOLOGICAL FACTORS IN INFANT MORTALITY. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 66: 577–593. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1959.tb02099.x

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  1. Social Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Council, London Hospital

  • †

    This is the seventh in a series of articles reporting an enquiry made jointly by the Social Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Council, and the General Register Office. These articles (see References) were prepared by the Unit in collaboration with the General Register Office, and have been approved for publication by the joint working party responsible for the enquiry.

  • ‡

    The parity of the mother is defined here as the number of children she has borne—surviving, dead or stillborn-including the present one. The phrase “size of family” is also used in this sense.

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