Accelerating Kenya's progress to 2030: Understanding the determinants of under-five mortality from 1990 to 2015

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Keats, Emily C ^a   Macharia, William ^b   Singh, Neha S ^c   Akseer, Nadia ^a,d   Ravishankar, Nirmala ^e   Ngugi, Anthony K ^b   Rizvi, Arjumand ^b   Khaemba, Emma Nelima ^f   Tole, John ^b   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Independent Consultant   (Kenya)

^f AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

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EID: 85059440423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000655     Document Type: Article

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