Open AccessDiseases mortality patterns in elderly patients: A Nigerian teaching hospital experience in Irrua, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Obiora Jude Uchendu,
GD Forae
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.119636
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , mortality rate , pediatrics , disease , retrospective cohort study , endocrinology
Currently, in developing countries, there is a paradigm shift in the mortality patterns from communicable to non-communicable diseases.