Mortality among 5-17 year old children in Kenya

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Osano, Bonface Ombaba ^a,b   Were, Fred ^a   Mathews, Shanaaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Children; Kenya; Mortality; Teenage

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJURY; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY RATE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 85028706057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2017.27.121.10727     Document Type: Article

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