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Do girls pay the price of civil war?: violence and infant mortality in Congo

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Do girls pay the price of civil war? violence and infant mortality in Congo. / Dagnelie, Olivier; De Luca, Giacomo; Maystadt, Jean-Francois.
Lancaster: Lancaster University, Department of Economics, 2014. (Economics Working Paper Series; Vol. 2014, No. 17).

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Dagnelie, O, De Luca, G & Maystadt, J-F 2014 'Do girls pay the price of civil war? violence and infant mortality in Congo' Economics Working Paper Series, no. 17, vol. 2014, Lancaster University, Department of Economics, Lancaster.

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Dagnelie, O., De Luca, G., & Maystadt, J-F. (2014). Do girls pay the price of civil war? violence and infant mortality in Congo. (Economics Working Paper Series; Vol. 2014, No. 17). Lancaster University, Department of Economics.

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Dagnelie O, De Luca G, Maystadt J-F. Do girls pay the price of civil war? violence and infant mortality in Congo. Lancaster: Lancaster University, Department of Economics. 2014. (Economics Working Paper Series; 17).

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Dagnelie, Olivier ; De Luca, Giacomo ; Maystadt, Jean-Francois. / Do girls pay the price of civil war? violence and infant mortality in Congo. Lancaster : Lancaster University, Department of Economics, 2014. (Economics Working Paper Series; 17).

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