Mortality pattern in children: A hospital based study in Nigeria

International Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-372

  George, I O ^a   Alex Hart, B A ^a   Frank Briggs, A I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Admission; Children; HIV AIDS; MDGs; Mortality pattern

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NIGERIA; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77953367294     PISSN: 15509702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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