Experience of pediatric tetanus cases from Mumbai

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 765-771

  Tullu, Milind S ^a   Deshmukh, Chandrahas T ^a,b   Kamat, Jaishree R ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Baug E Sara   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TETANUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TETANUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034230965     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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