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01-05-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Child mortality and the Sustainable Development Goals: a challenge and an opportunity

Authors: N. Conroy, B. Gilmore

Published in: Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) | Issue 2/2017

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Title: Child mortality and the Sustainable Development Goals: a challenge and an opportunity
Authors: N. Conroy
B. Gilmore
Publication date: 01-05-2017
Publisher: Springer London
Published in: Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0021-1265
Electronic ISSN: 1863-4362
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-016-1463-1

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