How many child deaths can we prevent this year?

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9377, 2003, Pages 65-71

  Jones, Gareth ^a   Steketee, Richard W ^b   Black, Robert E ^c   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^d   Morris, Saul S ^e  

^a UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INSECTICIDE; MEASLES VACCINE; RETINOL; STEROID; TETANUS TOXOID; ZINC;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CROWDING; DELIVERY; DIARRHEA; DOCUMENTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; MOTHER; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0038162572     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13811-1     Document Type: Review

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