Mothers' perceptions of signs and symptoms of acute respiratory infections in their children and their assessment of severity in an urban community of Ethiopia

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-135

  Muhe, Lulu ^a,b  

^a Ethio Swedish Children's Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^b NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MOTHER; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SYMPTOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; MOTHERS' KNOWLEDGE;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0029945697     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1996.11747815     Document Type: Article

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