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The African Crisis: Loud and Silent Emergencies

Bio/Technology volume 3, pages 700–702 (1985)Cite this article

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  1. Stephen C. Joseph, M.D., M.P.H., is the Special Coordinator for Child Health and Survival, United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. This paper is based on a presentation at the Symposium on Biomedical Aspects of World Famine held at the annual meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, April 1985, Anaheim, CA.

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