Improving child health: The role of research

British Medical Journal

Volumn 324, Issue 7351, 2002, Pages 1444-1447

  Dabis, Francois ^a   Orne Gliemann, J ^a   Perez, F ^a   Leroy, V ^a   Newell, M L ^b   Coutsoudis, A ^c   Coovadia, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037097571     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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