Reducing measles mortality, reducing child mortality

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9541, 2006, Pages 1050-1052

  Hoekstra, Edward J ^a   McFarland, Jeffrey W ^a   Shaw, Catherine ^a   Salama, Peter ^a  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MEASLES; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33748746043     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69335-5     Document Type: Note

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