Incidence of traumatic injection neuropathy among children in Pakistan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 798-804

  Mansoor, Faisal ^a   Hamid, S ^b   Mir, T ^c   Abdul Hafiz, R ^d   Mounts, A ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Pakistan)

^b HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY   (Pakistan)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Expanded Programme for Immunization   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJECTION SITE NERVE DAMAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROPATHY; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEURITIS; PARAPLEGIA; POLIOMYELITIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 33646190655     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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