Overlap in the clinical features of pneumonia and malaria in african children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 662-665

  O'Dempsey T J D ^a   McArdle, T F ^a   Laurence, B E ^a   Todd, J E ^a   Greenwood, B M ^a   Lamont, A C ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOM;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PNEUMONIA; SEASONS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0027521525     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(93)90279-Y     Document Type: Article

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