Five years review of cases of adult tetanus managed at Gondar University Hospital, North West Ethiopia (Gondar, sep. 2003-Aug. 2008)

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-297

  Tadesse, Abilo ^a   Gebre Selassie, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Adult tetanus; Ethiopia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TETANUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TETANUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949314169     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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