Head injuries at a provincial general hospital in Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 364-369

  Muyembe, V M ^a,b   Suleman, N ^b  

^a Provincial General Hospital ^*  (Kenya)

^b Provincial General Hospital   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VIOLENCE;

KENYA;

EID: 0031794482     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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