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doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040307.
Child rights and child poverty: can the international framework of children's rights be used to improve child survival rates?
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- DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040307
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Child rights and child poverty: can the international framework of children's rights be used to improve child survival rates?
PLoS Med.
2007 Oct.
Abstract
The authors explain how the international framework of human rights can be better used to help reduce child poverty and improve child survival rates.
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