Progress on global health goals: Are the poor being left behind?

World Bank Research Observer

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 137-162

  Wagstaff, Adam ^a   Bredenkamp, Caryn ^a   Buisman, Leander R ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85015024411     PISSN: 02573032     EISSN: 15646971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wbro/lku008     Document Type: Article

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