The global burden of childhood diarrhea

Maternal and Child Health: Global Challenges, Programs, and Policies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 225-243

  Boschi Pinto, Cynthia ^a   Lanata, Claudio F ^b   Black, Robert E ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Nutrition Research Institute   (Peru)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 84892246863     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/b106524_13     Document Type: Chapter

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