Estimating pneumonia deaths of post-neonatal children in countries of low or no death certification in 2008.

Estimating pneumonia deaths of post-neonatal children in countries of low or no death certification in 2008.

BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is the leading cause of child deaths globally. The aims of this study were to: a) estimate the number and global distribution of pneumonia deaths for children 1-59 months for 2008 for countries with low (<85%) or no coverage of death certification using single-cause regressi...

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Main Authors: Evropi Theodoratou, Jian Shayne F Zhang, Ivana Kolcic, Andrew M Davis, Sunil Bhopal, Harish Nair, Kit Yee Chan, Li Liu, Hope Johnson, Igor Rudan, Harry Campbell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3178589?pdf=render

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