Epidemiology of cholera outbreak in Kampala, Uganda

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 347-349

  Legros, D ^a   McCormick, M ^b   Mugero, C ^c   Skinnider, M ^c   Bek'obita, D D ^d   Okware, S I ^c  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^d MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLERA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TIME; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLERA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; POVERTY AREAS; TIME FACTORS; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034338373     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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