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. 2004;364(9432):399-401.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16783-4.

Why are 4 million newborn babies dying each year?

Joy E Lawn¹, Simon Cousens, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Gary L Darmstadt, Jose Martines, Vinod Paul, Rudolf Knippenberg, Helga Fogstadt, Priya Shetty, Richard Horton

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PMID: 15288723
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16783-4

Why are 4 million newborn babies dying each year?

Joy E Lawn et al. Lancet. 2004.

. 2004;364(9432):399-401.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16783-4.

Authors

Joy E Lawn¹, Simon Cousens, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Gary L Darmstadt, Jose Martines, Vinod Paul, Rudolf Knippenberg, Helga Fogstadt, Priya Shetty, Richard Horton

Affiliation

¹ International Perinatal Unit, Institute of Child Health, London WC1N 1EH, UK. joylawn@yahoo.co.uk

PMID: 15288723
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16783-4

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Why are 4 million newborn babies dying every year?
Harrison KA. Harrison KA. Lancet. 2004 Sep 25-Oct 1;364(9440):1121. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17088-8. Lancet. 2004. PMID: 15451210 No abstract available.

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