Community understanding of pneumonia in Kenya

African Health Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-107

  Irimu, Grace W ^a   Nduati, R W ^a   Wafula, E ^a   Lenja, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONVULSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; PERCEPTION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MOTHER; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MOTHERS; PNEUMONIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 65349192789     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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