Demographic and health surveys: a profile.

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  International Journal of Epidemiology

• Publication date

  2012-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Sociology

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  DOI 10.1093/ije/dys184PMID 23148108
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