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Measuring mortality in developing countries

Martin Adjuik

Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2006 · 159 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

The different patterns of mortality we identified may be a result of recent changes in the availability and effectiveness of health interventions against childhood cluster diseases.

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