Infant mortality in an urban slum
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Infant mortality in an urban slum.
OBJECTIVE Infant and child mortality are important indicators of the level of development of a society, but are usually collected by governmental agencies on a region wide scale, with little local stratification. In order to formulate appropriate local policies for intervention, it is important to know the patterns of morbidity and mortality in children in the local setting. METHODS This retr...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Indian Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0019-5456,0973-7693
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-007-0075-1