Mortality measurement matters: improving data collection and estimation methods for child and adult mortality.

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Published in PLoS Med on April 13, 2010

Authors

Colin Mathers1, Ties Boerma

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Health Statistics and Informatics, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. mathersc@who.int

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