The sex gap in neonatal mortality and the AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Yaya, Sanni ^a   Diarra, Setou ^a   Mabeu, Marie Christelle ^a   Pongou, Roland ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 85061830621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000940     Document Type: Editorial

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