Predictions of the impact of malaria control efforts on all-cause child mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2007, Pages 48-55

  Rowe, Alexander K ^a   Steketee, Richard W ^b  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Program for Appropriate Technology in Health   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 40049103665     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.48     Document Type: Article

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