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All-Cause Mortality Reductions from Measles Catchup Campaigns in Africa

Ariel BenYishay and Keith Kranker
Journal of Human Resources, March 2015, 50 (2) 516-547; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.50.2.516
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