Measuring the local burden of disease. A study of years of life lost in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Published in Int J Epidemiol on June 01, 2001

Authors

R Würthwein1, A Gbangou, R Sauerborn, C M Schmidt

Author Affiliations

1: Alfred Weber-Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

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