Grappling with uncertainties along the MDG trail

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9797, 2011, Pages 1119-1120

  Byass, Peter ^a,b,c   Graham, Wendy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; NOTE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 80053233471     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61419-0     Document Type: Note

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