Where and why are 10 million children dying every year?

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9376, 2003, Pages 2226-2234

  Black, Robert E ^a   Morris, Saul S ^b   Bryce, Jennifer ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Pub H ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFGHANISTAN; AFRICA; AGE; ANGOLA; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; INDONESIA; INFECTION; IRAQ; MALARIA; MALI; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; NEWBORN DISEASE; NIGER; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SOMALIA; SOUTH ASIA; SUPERINFECTION; TANZANIA; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA; UNDERWEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0038128166     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13779-8     Document Type: Review

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