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  1. Pediatrics Department, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, 5 Vinal Ave., #1, Somerville, Boston, MA, 02143, USA

    Sylvia Veronica Romm M.D., M.P.H.

  2. Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Healthcare Safety and Quality, Boston, MA, USA

    Iyah K. Romm B.S.

  3. Division of Global Health, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, 100 Cambridge St., 15th Floor, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Brett D. Nelson M.D., M.P.H., D.T.M.&H.

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  1. MassGeneral Hospital for Children Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Nupur Gupta

  2. MassGeneral Hospital for Children Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Brett D. Nelson

  3. Pediatrics, MassGeneral Hospital for Children Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Jennifer Kasper

  4. Global Health Pediatrics, MassGeneral Hospital for Children Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Patricia L. Hibberd

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Romm, S.V., Romm, I.K., Nelson, B.D. (2014). Vulnerability of Children in Developing Countries and Disrupted Settings. In: Gupta, N., Nelson, B., Kasper, J., Hibberd, P. (eds) The MassGeneral Hospital for Children Handbook of Pediatric Global Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7918-5_4

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