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Socio-economic Determinants of Neonatal and Post-neonatal Mortality: A Study of Bengali-Speaking Community in Eastern India and Bangladesh

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Cultural identity is created through history, language and similar forces. In this paper, we examine whether the common history, political and administrative regime and language shared by Bangladesh, Assam, Tripura and West Bengal—comprising Greater Bengal—hassled to common mortality outcomes for children.

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Husain, Z., Sharma, S.K. (2020). Socio-economic Determinants of Neonatal and Post-neonatal Mortality: A Study of Bengali-Speaking Community in Eastern India and Bangladesh. In: Chattopadhyay, A., Ghosh, S. (eds) Population Dynamics in Eastern India and Bangladesh. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3045-6_14

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