The burden of malaria in Sudan: Incidence, mortality and disability - Adjusted life - Years

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Abdalla, Safa I ^a   Malik, Elfatih M ^b   Ali, Kamil M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SUDAN; DISABLED PERSON; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SUDAN;

EID: 34848909816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-97     Document Type: Article

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