Ten-year experiences with Tetanus at a Tertiary hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: A retrospective review of 102 cases

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Chalya, Phillipo L ^a   Mabula, Joseph B ^a   Dass, Ramesh M ^a   Mbelenge, Nkinda ^a   Mshana, Stephen E ^a   Gilyoma, Japhet M ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Clinical characteristics; Predictors of outcome; Tanzania; Tetanus; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860396538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-6-20     Document Type: Article

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