Morbidity and mortality amongst southern Sudanese in Koboko refugee camps, Arua District, Uganda

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 195-199

  Orach, C G ^a,b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; REFUGEE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SANITATION; SUDAN; UGANDA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDAN; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

ARUA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0032590116     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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