Long-term trends in childhood infectious disease mortality rates

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1883-1885

  DiLiberti, John H ^a   Jackson, Cynthia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY;

EID: 0032701865     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.12.1883     Document Type: Article

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