Paediatric thoracic empyema in an Ethiopian referral hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 618-621

  Hailu, S ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034366274     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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