Community case management of severe pneumonia with oral amoxicillin in children aged 2-59 months in Haripur district, Pakistan: A cluster randomised trial

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9805, 2011, Pages 1796-1803

  Bari, Abdul ^a   Sadruddin, Salim ^a   Khan, Attaullah ^a   Khan, Ibad Ul Haque ^a   Khan, Amanullah ^a   Lehri, Iqbal A ^b   MacLeod, William B ^c   Fox, Matthew P ^c   Thea, Donald M ^c   Qazi, Shamim A ^d  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^b National Family Planning and Primary Care Program   (Pakistan)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LADY HEALTH WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81555199958     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61140-9     Document Type: Article

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