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R R Puffer

    Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization
    |January 1, 1989
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    AmericasCauses Of DeathChild MortalityClassificationData AnalysisDemographic FactorsDeveloped CountriesDeveloping CountriesInfant MortalityLatin AmericaMortalityNeonatal MortalityNorth AmericaNorthern AmericaPopulationPopulation DynamicsResearch MethodologyUnited States

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