Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 208-212 , April 2001

Postneonatal Mortality in Alabama: Why No Progress in the 90s?

  • Louie Albert Woolbright, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Louie Albert Woolbright, Ph.D., Alabama Department of Public Health, Center for Health Statistics, P.O. Box 5625, Montgomery, AL 36103–5625

Received 24 May 1999 ,Revised 28 June 2000 ,Accepted 7 September 2000.

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Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 208-212 , April 2001

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