Child survival: District hospitals and paediatricians

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 974-978

  English, M ^a  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 24144487734     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2005.074468     Document Type: Review

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