Mortality of urban and rural young children with cerebral palsy in Bangladesh

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 749-753

  Khan, Naila Z ^a   Ferdous, Shameem ^e   Munir, Shirin ^b   Huq, Sharmin ^c   McConachie, Helen ^d  

^a DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^b Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HANDICAPPED; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTHERN ASIA; URBAN POPULATION;

BANGLADESH; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031727463     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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