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Child Mortality Estimation: A Global Overview of Infant and Child Mortality Age Patterns in Light of New Empirical Data
BACKGROUND: The under-five mortality rate (the probability of dying between birth and age 5 y, also denoted in the literature as U5MR and (5) q (0)) is a key indicator of child health, but it conceals important information about how this mortality is distributed by age. One important distinction is...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3429403/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22952438 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001299 |