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    W. Parker Frisbie (Professor of Sociology and Research Associate of the Population Research Center)

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Frisbie, W.P. (2005). Infant Mortality. In: Poston, D.L., Micklin, M. (eds) Handbook of Population. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23106-4_10

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