Where and why are 10 million children dying every year?

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Published in Lancet on June 28, 2003

Authors

Robert E Black1, Saul S Morris, Jennifer Bryce

Author Affiliations

1: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. rblack@jhsph.edu <rblack@jhsph.edu>

Associated clinical trials:

Role of Zinc in Recurrent Acute Lower Respiratory Infections | NCT00536133

Immunogenicity of 3+1 Versus 2+1 Schedule for PCV7 | NCT02040402

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