A five-year review of childhood mortality at the University College Hospital, Ibadan

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-179

  Ayoola, O O ^a   Orimadegun, A E ^a   Akinsola, A K ^a   Osinusi, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Infants; Mortality; Neonates; Under 5

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NIGERIA; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 23044453235     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wajm.v24i2.28192     Document Type: Review

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