A study of risk factors for pneumococcal disease among children in a rural area of west Africa.

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Published in Int J Epidemiol on August 01, 1996

Authors

T J O'Dempsey1, T F McArdle, J Morris, N Lloyd-Evans, I Baldeh, B E Laurence, O Secka, B M Greenwood

Author Affiliations

1: Research Council Laboratories, Banjul, The Gambia.

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