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Causes of morbidity and mortality among patients admitted in a tertiary hospital in southern Nigeria: A 6 year evaluation

BACKGROUND: Data on morbidity and mortality are essential in assessing disease burden, monitoring and evaluation of health policies. The aim of this study is to describe the causes of morbidity and mortality in the wards of University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH). METHODS: The study took a re...

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Autores principales:	Okoroiwu, Henshaw Uchechi, Uchendu, Kingsley Ikenna, Essien, Rita A.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2020
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7447063/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32841255 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237313

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