A step forward for understanding the morbidity burden in Guinea: A national descriptive study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mamady, Keita ^a   Hu, Guoqing ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GUINEA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GUINEA; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957902961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-436     Document Type: Article

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