Can We Count on Global Health Estimates?

Citation: The PLoS Medicine Editors (2010) Can We Count on Global Health Estimates? PLoS Med 7(11): e1001002. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001002

Published: November 30, 2010

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The PLoS Medicine Editors are Virginia Barbour, Jocalyn Clark, Susan Jones, and Emma Veitch.