A 6-month review of medical admissions in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital

International Journal of Health Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-130

  Akoria, Obehi A ^a   Unuigbe, Evelyn I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Health information; Medical wards; Morbidity; Mortality; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NIGERIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WARD; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 77953437042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15969819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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