Factors associated with sickle cell disease mortality among hospitalized Angolan children and adolescents

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 269-273

  Carlos Van Dunemt, J C ^a   Alves, J G B ^b   Bernardino, Luis ^a   Figueiroa, José Natal ^b   Braga, Cynthia ^b,c,e   do Nascimento, Maria de Lourdes Pires ^d   da Silva, Sérgio José ^a  

^a Universidade Agostinho Neto   (Angola)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^e Fundação para Assistência ás Anemias   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Angola; Children; Hospital mortality; Hospital records; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANGOLA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44949177751     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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