Frequency of infectious diseases among flood affected people at district Rajanpur, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 866-869

  Ahmed, Zeeshan ^a   Khan, Adeel Ahmed ^b   Nisar, Nighat ^a  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Affected people; Flooding; Infectious diseases

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EAR INFECTION; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; FLOODING; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEAD AND NECK INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

EID: 80052987882     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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