Survival from adult tetanus in Lagos, Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-40

  Ajose, Frances O A ^a,b   Odusanya, Olumuyiwa O ^b  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TETANUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; SURVIVAL RATE; TETANUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64549093758     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.080116     Document Type: Article

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