Tetanus in a children's hospital in Addis Ababa: Review of 113 cases

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 233-240

  Amsalu, Solomon ^a   Lulseged, Sileshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TETANUS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETANUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645642668     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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