Ability of caregivers to recognise signs of pneumonia in coughing children aged below five years

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 291-294

  Kambarami, R A ^a   Rusakaniko, S ^a   Mahomva, L A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Harare City Health Department   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CAREGIVER; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030253014     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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