Meta-analysis of intervention trials on case-management of pneumonia in community settings.

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Published in Lancet on August 29, 1992

Authors

S Sazawal1, R E Black

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1: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.

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