X-ray diagnosable pneumonia in children with severe malnutrition at Kenyatta National Hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 567-571

  Wafula, E M ^b   Ngamau, D W ^a   Onyango, F E ^c   Mirza, N M ^c   Njeru, E K ^b  

^a Provincial General Hospital   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; KWASHIORKOR; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; KWASHIORKOR; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032177067     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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