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Supplement 1, 2012 - CLIMO - Climate and Mortality

Weather and mortality: a 10 year retrospective analysis of the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Burkina Faso

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Article: 19078 | Received 29 Jun 2012, Accepted 28 Aug 2012, Published online: 23 Nov 2012

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