Setting priorities for development of emerging interventions against childhood pneumonia, meningitis and influenza

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Rudan, Igor ^a   Theodoratou, Evropi ^a   Zgaga, Lina ^a   Nair, Harish ^a   Chan, Kit Yee ^b   Tomlinson, Mark ^c,d   Tsai, Alexander C ^e,f   Biloglav, Zrinka ^g   Huda, Tanvir ^h   El Arifeen, Shams ^h   Chopra, Mickey ⁱ   Campbell, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^h INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

ⁱ UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EID: 84876295678     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.01.010304     Document Type: Article

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