Community based studies on childhood mortality in a malaria holoendemic area on the Tanzanian coast

Acta Tropica

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 101-109

  Premji, Z ^a   Ndayanga, P ^b   Shiff, C ^c   Minjas, J ^a   Lubega, P ^b   MacLeod, J ^d  

^a MUHIMBILI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^b Bagamoyo Bed Net Project   (Tanzania)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

Author keywords

child mortality; community; malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MORTALITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA;

AUTOPSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA;

CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE IMPACT; MALARIA; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RURAL AREA;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0030616484     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00605-5     Document Type: Article

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