The successes and challenges of the IMCI training course in Lao PDR

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 178-187

  Takada, Sae ^a   Oudavong, Bounleua ^b   Kuroiwa, Chushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Mother and Child Health Hospital   (Laos)

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EID: 33947600088     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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