Health status of the children in a high density town near Harare, Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-4

  Watts, T E E ^a   Siziya, S ^b  

^a Ngwelezana Hospital   (South Africa)

^b UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RABBIT; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORBIDITY; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; RABBITS; URBAN HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031616033     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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