Persisting high hospital and community childhood mortality in an urban setting in Guinea-Bissau

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1526-1530

  Veirum, Jens Erik ^a   Biai, Sidu ^b   Jakobsen, Marianne ^a   Sandström, Anita ^a   Hedegaard, Kathryn ^c   Kofoed, Poul Erik ^a   Aaby, Peter ^a,c   Sodemann, Morten ^a,d  

^a Projecto de Saúde de Bandim ^*  (Guinea-Bissau)

^b Hospital Nacional Simao Mendes   (Guinea-Bissau)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Child; Cohort studies; Delivery of health care; Developing countries; Guinea Bissau; Hospitalization; Mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34548698173     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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