Effective coverage of primary care services in eight highmortality countries

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Leslie, Hannah H ^a   Malata, Address ^b   Ndiaye, Youssoupha ^c   Kruk, Margaret E ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c and Statistics   (Senegal)

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EID: 85038812359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000424     Document Type: Article

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