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The effect of distance to formal health facility on childhood mortality in rural Tanzania, 2005–2007

Daniel KadoberaFaculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Makerere University Iganga/Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Iganga, UgandaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Benn SartoriusFaculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Honorati MasanjaIfakara Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Alexander MathewIfakara Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Peter WaiswaMakerere University Iganga/Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Iganga, Uganda;Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda;Division of Global Health, IHCAR, Karolinska Institutet, StockholmHagalund, Sweden
Article: 19099 | Received 02 Jul 2012, Accepted 18 Oct 2012, Published online: 09 Nov 2012

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