Pediatric Post-Discharge Mortality in Resource Poor Countries: A Systematic Review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Wiens, Matthew O ^a,b   Pawluk, Shane ^b   Kissoon, Niranjan ^b,c   Kumbakumba, Elias ^a   Ansermino, J Mark ^b   Singer, Joel ^b   Ndamira, Andrew ^a   Larson, Charles ^b,c  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIARRHEA; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 84879386915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066698     Document Type: Article

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