Measles complications: The importance of their management in reducing mortality attributed to measles

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 162-165

  Marufu, T ^a   Siziya, S ^a   Murugasampillay, S ^b   Mason, E ^c   Manyame, B ^d   Tshimanga, M ^a  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^c WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LENGTH OF LIFE; MEASLES; MEASLES--COMPLICATIONS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESEARCH REPORT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDIES; SURVIVORSHIP; TREATMENT; VIRAL DISEASES; VIROLOGY; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD SURVIVAL; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEALTH; LENGTH OF LIFE; MEASLES--COMPLICATIONS; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVIVORSHIP; TREATMENT; VIRAL DISEASES; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEASLES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; URBAN HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031151727     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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