The burden of disease among the global poor

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9178, 1999, Pages 586-589

  Gwatkin, Davidson R ^a   Guillot, Michel ^b   Heuveline, Patrick ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033554195     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02108-X     Document Type: Article

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