Achieving the goal for global measles mortality

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9557, 2007, Pages 165-166

  Elliman, David ^a   Bedford, Helen ^b  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MORTALITY; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33846325840     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60082-8     Document Type: Note

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