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. 2006 Feb;3(2):e103.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030103.

The Million Death Study in India: cam it help in monitoring the millennium development goals?

Zulfiqar A Bhutta  1
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The Million Death Study in India: cam it help in monitoring the millennium development goals?

Zulfiqar A Bhutta. PLoS Med. 2006 Feb.

Abstract

Bhutta argues that the investigators of a new demographic survey, the Million Death Study in India, must ensure that the survey is relevant to the Millenium Development Goal targets that India has set itself.

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Competing Interests: The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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