A decade of child health in developing countries;Une décennie de recherche sur la santé de l'enfant dans les pays en développement

Cahiers Sante

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-75

  Orne Gliemann, Joanna ^a   Perez, Freddy ^a   Leroy, Valériane ^a   Newell, Marie Louise ^b   Dabis, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child health; Developing countries; Mortality; Research

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; ETHICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; PERINATAL CARE; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORBIDITY; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; RESEARCH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0042818309     PISSN: 11575999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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