Child health and survival in the Eastern Mediterranean region

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7573, 2006, Pages 839-842

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a   Belgaumi, Asim ^b   Rab, Mohammad Abdur ^c   Karrar, Zein ^d   Khashaba, Mohamed ^e   Mouane, Nezha ^f  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Research Policy and Cooperation Unit   (Egypt)

^d Department of Paediatrics   (Sudan)

^e MANSOURA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^f Hopital d'Enfants   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ARTEMISIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; STEROID; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINE; ZINC;

CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MATERNAL CARE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN DEATH; NOTE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SURVIVAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE EAST; PERINATAL CARE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750351288     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38979.379641.68     Document Type: Note

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