title: Kerala: a unique model of development.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Kannan
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Thankappan
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ramankutty
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Aravindan
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D002669:Child Welfare; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D005843:Geography; D006262:Health; D006296:Health Services; D007194:India; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008136:Longevity; D008511:Medicine; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012744:Sex Ratio; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014933:Women's Rights
keywords: Asia; Child Health--determinants; Child Health--women; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Demographic Transition; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; Geographic Factors; Health; Health Services; India; Length Of Life; Life Expectancy; Medicine; Medicine, Traditional; Mortality; Mortality Determinants; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Sex Distribution; Sex Factors; Sex Ratio; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Southern Asia; Women's Status