Declining trend in tetanus hospitalizations.
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The yearly admissions of tetanus, both neonatal and post-neonatal, in the last 11 years from 1983 to 1993 as well as the total pediatric admissions in the corresponding years in the Pediatric Department of LNJPN Hospital were found out from the hospital records. The contribution of tetanus to Pediatric hospitalizations was worked out by expressing the tetanus admissions as a percentage of the total pediatric admissions. Statistical analysis was done by using linear regression method with time as an explanatory variable.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Indian pediatrics
دوره 31 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1994