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Oct 10, 2014 - 2010, with 90% of the deaths occurring in 40 countries .... MAL-ED Pakistan Site • CID 2014:59 (Suppl 4) • S305 ..... Accessed 12 June 2014. 7.
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Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Health Characteristics of the MAL-ED Network Study Site in Rural Pakistan Ali Turab,1 Sajid B. Soofi,1 Imran Ahmed,1 Zaid Bhatti,1 Anita K. M. Zaidi,1 and Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhutta2 1

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, and 2Division of Women and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Keywords. birth cohort; child heath; demographics; MAL-ED; Pakistan.

Globally, 6.6 million children aged