Pneumonia and preterm birth complications are the leading causes of childhood death
Friday, May 11, 2012 - 12:31
in Health & Medicine
Researchers examined the distribution of child deaths globally by cause and found that 64 percent were attributable to infectious causes and 40 percent occurred in neonates.
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