Risk factors for mortality in childhood pneumonia in a rural West African region

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 131-138

  Kuti, Bankole Peter ^a   Adegoke, Samuel Ademola ^a   Ebruke, Benard Ese ^b   Howie, Stephen ^b   Oyelami, Oyeku Akibu ^a   Ota, Martin O C ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Childhood; Gambia; Mortality; Pneumonia; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; CROWDING (AREA); DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOMNOLENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885154208     PISSN: 13057707     EISSN: 13057693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JPI-130394     Document Type: Article

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