Magnitude of the problem of childhood pneumonia

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9178, 1999, Pages 590-592

  Mulholland, Kim ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033554211     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)10238-6     Document Type: Note

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