Factors associated with severe disease from malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea among children in rural Tanzania - A hospital-based cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kahabuka, Catherine ^a,b   Kvåle, Gunnar ^a   Hinderaker, Sven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Centre for International Health   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Diarrhea; Malaria; Non severe; Pneumonia; Severe

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; SALBUTAMOL; ZINC;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TANZANIA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA;

EID: 84866169719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-219     Document Type: Article

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