Direct estimates of national neonatal and child cause-specific mortality proportions in Niger by expert algorithm and physician-coded analysis of verbal autopsy interviews

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kalter, Henry D ^a   Roubanatou, Abdoulaye Mamadou ^b   Koffi, Alain ^a   Black, Robert E ^a  

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

^b Ministry of Health Niamey   (Niger)

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EID: 84984807525     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.05.010415     Document Type: Article

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