Volume 36 - Article 33 | Pages 945–988  

The decline of infant and child mortality among Spanish Gitanos or Calé (1871−2005): A microdemographic study in Andalusia

By Juan F. Gamella, Elisa Martín Carrasco-Muñoz

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