Clinical problems in measles case management

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 307-317

  Hussey, G D ^a   Clements, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RETINOL;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CROUP; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; ENCEPHALITIS; EYE DISEASE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; STOMATITIS; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0029854476     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1996.11747843     Document Type: Review

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