Does comorbidity increase the risk of mortality among children under 3 years of age?

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Fischer Walker, Christa L ^a   Perin, Jamie ^a   Liu, Jodi L ^a   Katz, Joanne ^a   Tielsch, James M ^a,b   Black, Robert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIARRHEA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFECTION RISK; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84884536936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003457     Document Type: Article

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