Paediatric survival and re-admission risks following hospitalization on the Kenyan Coast

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 377-383

  Snow, R W ^a,b   Howard, S C ^b   Mung'ala Odera, V ^a   English, M ^a,b   Molyneux, C S ^a,b   Waruiru, C ^a   Mwangi, I ^a   Roberts, D J ^b   Donnelly, C A ^b   Marsh, K ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Kenya; Malaria; Paediatrics; Survival

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MORTALITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALARIA; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK;

KENYA;

EID: 0034083795     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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