Chronic osteomyelitis in a Ugandan rural setting

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 242-246

  Ibingira, C B R ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UGANDA;

EID: 23944471750     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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