Disease and death in Papua New Guinea

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-8

  Naraqi, Sirus ^a   Feling, Bairi ^b,c   Leeder, Stephen R ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b PORT MORESBY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Papua New Guinea)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; FATALITY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATISTICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; VACCINATION;

EID: 0037421343     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05030.x     Document Type: Editorial

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