Cross-sectional study of morbidity, morbidity-associated factors and costof treatment in Ngaoundere, Cameroon, with implications for health policy indeveloping countries and development assistance policy

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-7

  Holtedahl, Knut ^a   Hurum, Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Protestant Hospital   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; OSTEOMYELITIS; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 1442341136     PISSN: 1472698X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-2-1     Document Type: Article

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