Child mortality at different world regions: A comparison review

International Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 4.2, 2015, Pages 809-816

  Vakili, Rahim ^a   Moghadam, Zahra Emami ^a   Khademi, Gholamreza ^a   Vakili, Saba ^a   Saeidi, Masumeh ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Disease; Neonate; WHO regions; World

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014507892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23455055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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