Lung diseases at necropsy in African children dying from respiratory illnesses: A descriptive necropsy study

Lancet

Volumn 360, Issue 9338, 2002, Pages 985-990

  Chintu, Chifumbe ^a,b   Mudenda, Victor ^a,b   Lucas, Sebastian ^c   Nunn, Andrew ^a,d   Lishimpi, Kennedy ^a,b   Maswahu, Daniel ^a,c   Kasolo, Francis ^a,b   Mwaba, Peter ^a   Bhat, Ganapati ^b   Terunuma, Hiroshi ^b   Zumla, Alimuddin ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SHOCK LUNG;

EID: 0037190595     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)11082-8     Document Type: Article

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