Sex and socioeconomic differentials in child health in rural Bangladesh: findings from a baseline survey for evaluating Integrated Management of Childhood Illness.

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Published in J Health Popul Nutr on March 01, 2008

Authors

Shams El Arifeen1, Abdullah H Baqui, Cesar G Victora, Robert E Black, Jennifer Bryce, D M E Hoque, E K Chowdhury, N Begum, T Akter, A Siddik

Author Affiliations

1: ICDDR,B, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh. shams@icddrb.org

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