Paediatric referrals in rural Tanzania: The Kilombero District Study - A case series

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-6

  Font, Fidel ^a,b,d   Quinto, Llorens ^a   Masanja, Honoraty ^b   Nathan, Rose ^b   Ascaso, Carlos ^a   Menendez, Clara ^a   Tanner, Marcel ^c   Schellenberg, Joanna Armstrong ^b,c   Alonso, Pedro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Intl Federation of Red Cross   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA;

EID: 0242691572     PISSN: 1472698X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-2-1     Document Type: Article

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