Special section: Diarrheal diseases

Population Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 10-13

  Fontaine, Olivier ^a   Boschi Pinto, Cynthia ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MORTALITY;

EID: 33746307357     PISSN: 0032468X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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