Clinical epidemiology of paediatric disease at Nchelenge, north-east Zambia

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-138

  Gernaat, H B P E ^a,d   Dechering, W H J C ^b   Voorhoeve, H W A ^c  

^a Regl Inst Comm Mental Hlth Care   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Reg Inst Comm Mental Hlth Care   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MARASMUS; MEASLES; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SNAKEBITE; TYPHOID FEVER; ULCER; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0031747654     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747939     Document Type: Article

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