The management of sick young infants at primary health centres in a rural developing country

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 200-205

  Duke, T ^a   Oa, O ^b   Mokela, D ^c   Oswyn, G ^d   Hwaihwanje, I ^e   Hawap, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Papua New Guinea)

^d Goroka Base Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

^e Wewak General Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUININE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APNEA; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; STILLBIRTH; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; OXYGEN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 13244269998     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.047951     Document Type: Article

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