An estimation of the incidence of noma in north-west Nigeria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 402-407

  Fieger, Alexander ^a,c   Marck, Klaas W ^c   Busch, Raymonde ^a   Schmidt, Andreas ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BG UNFALLKLINIK MURNAU   (Germany)

^c Berufsgenossenschaftliche U ^*

Author keywords

Cancrum oris; Epidemiology; Incidence; Malnutrition; Nigeria; Noma

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MALNUTRITION; NOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLEFT LIP; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; NIGERIA; ONSET AGE; STOMATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; NOMA; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0038680520     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01036.x     Document Type: Article

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