Where do children die and what are the causes? Under-5 deaths in the Metro West geographical service area of the Western Cape, South Africa, 2011

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 359-364

  Reid, Amy Elizabeth ^a   Hendricks, Michael K ^a   Groenewald, Pam ^b   Bradshaw, Debbie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Child mortality; South Africa; Under 5 mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DROWNING; FEMALE; FIRE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ICD-10; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENINGITIS; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84962094351     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i4.10521     Document Type: Article

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