Chasing spirits: Clarifying the spirit child phenomenon and infanticide in Northern Ghana
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- Allotey, Pascale & Reidpath, Daniel, 2001. "Establishing the causes of childhood mortality in Ghana: the 'spirit child'," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 52(7), pages 1007-1012, April.
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Northern Ghana Spirit child Infanticide Child mortality Verbal autopsy;Statistics
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