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Child mortality and the Sustainable Development Goals: a challenge and an opportunity

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  1. Centre for Emergency Medical Science, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

    N. Conroy

  2. Centre for Global Health, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    B. Gilmore

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Conroy, N., Gilmore, B. Child mortality and the Sustainable Development Goals: a challenge and an opportunity. Ir J Med Sci 186, 357–358 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-016-1463-1

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