Health care related factors associated with severe malaria in children in Kampala, Uganda.

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Published in Afr Health Sci on September 01, 2009

Authors

P Byakika-Kibwika1, G Ndeezi, M R Kamya

Author Affiliations

1: Makerere University, School fo Medicine, Department of Medicine, Kampala, Uganda. pbyakika@gmail.com

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