Maternal and child mortality in Greece

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9918, 2014, Pages 691-692

  Michas, George ^a   Varytimiadi, Angeliki ^a   Chasiotis, Ilias ^b   Micha, Renata ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NIKEA   (Greece)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; GREECE; HUMAN; LETTER; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84894147410     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60251-8     Document Type: Letter

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