Integrated Management of Childhood Illness: efficiency of primary health in Northeast Brazil.

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Published in Rev Saude Publica on April 01, 2008

Authors

Débora G Amorim1, Taghreed Adam, João J F Amaral, Eleanor Gouws, Jennifer Bryce, Cesar G Victora

Author Affiliations

1: Núcleo de Ensino, Assistência e Pesquisa da Infância Cesar Victora, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. damorim12@hotmail.com

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