Mortality pattern at the adult medical wards of a teaching hospital in sub-saharan Africa

International Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-31

  Chijioke, A ^a   Kolo, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Diseases; Global; Medical ward; Nigeria; TB AIDS

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960997093     PISSN: 18163319     EISSN: 1818779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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