Child mortality in rural Malawi: HIV closes the survival gap between the socio-economic strata.

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Published in PLoS One on June 28, 2010

Authors

Andreas Jahn1, Sian Floyd, Nuala McGrath, Amelia C Crampin, Lackson Kachiwanda, Venance Mwinuka, Basia Zaba, Paul E M Fine, Judith R Glynn

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

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