WHO estimates of the causes of death in children

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9465, 2005, Pages 1147-1152

  Bryce, Jennifer ^a,b   Boschi Pinto, Cynthia ^a   Shibuya, Kenji ^a   Black, Robert E ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Pub H ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIARRHEA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 15744386581     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)71877-8     Document Type: Article

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