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Childhood asthma at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(1990)
Between January 1986 and July 1988, 356 children with bronchial asthma below 14 years of age were evaluated at the Kenyatta National Hospital. 21.3% experienced initial asthmatic attacks before the age of six months and ...
Mortality patterns in a rural Kenyan community.
(1990)
Causes of death of 239 children below the age of 5 years in a rural community were determined using structured questionnaires. It was found that mortality was highest in infancy, accounting for 63% of all deaths with a ...
Verbal autopsy: a tool for determining cause of death in a community.
(1990)
Verbal autopsy was used to determine causes of death in 239 children under the age of 5 years. The diagnosis derived from verbal autopsy was corroborated with hospital diagnosis in 39 cases. There was concurrence of diagnosis ...
Epidemiology of acute respiratory tract infections among young children in Kenya.
(1990)
The epidemiology of acute respiratory tract infection (ARI) was investigated in a rural community 80 km north of Nairobi, Kenya. This research was conducted prospectively on 250 families with 470 children less than 5 years ...