Hospital-based study of severe malaria and associated deaths in Myanmar

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 310-314

  Ejov, M N ^a   Tun, T ^b   Aung, S ^c   Lwin, S ^b   Sein, K ^a  

^a UNDP/WHO Malaria Control Project   (Myanmar)

^b Department of Health   (Myanmar)

^c NONE   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; MALARIA; MONITORING; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MYANMAR; SCREENING; VECTOR CONTROL;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; HEALTH; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOSPITALS; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY--DETERMINANTS; MYANMAR; PARASITIC DISEASES; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MYANMAR; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

MYANMAR;

EID: 0033017504     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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