HIV infection and in-hospital mortality at an academic hospital in South Africa

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 227-230

  Zwi, Karen ^a   Pettifor, John ^a   Soderlund, Neil ^a   Meyers, Tammy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; Child mortality; HIV infection; Hospital mortality; Mortality rates; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FATALITY; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033857419     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.83.3.227     Document Type: Article

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