Gaps in policy-relevant information on burden of disease in children: A systematic review

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9476, 2005, Pages 2031-2040

  Rudan, Igor ^a,b   Lawn, Joy ^c   Cousens, Simon ^d   Rowe, Alexander K ^e   Boschi Pinto, Cynthia ^f   Tomašković, Lana ^f   Mendoza, Walter ^g   Lanata, Claudio F ^g   Roca Feltrer, Arantxa ^d   Carneiro, Ilona ^d   Schellenberg, Joanna A ^d   Polašek, Ozren ^b   Weber, Martin ^f   Bryce, Jennifer ^f   Morris, Saul S ^h   Black, Robert E ⁱ   Campbell, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^e NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^h Department for International Development of the UK Government ^*  (United Kingdom)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN DISEASE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 20444371907     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66697-4     Document Type: Article

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