A survey of technology and temperature control on a neonatal unit in Kathmandu, Nepal

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 4-10

  Johanson, R B ^a   Malla, D S ^b   Tuladhar, C ^b   Amatya, M ^c   Spencer, S A ^a   Rolfe, P ^d  

^a N Staffordshire Maternity Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b Kathmandu Maternity Hospital ^*  (Nepal)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ERROR; ETIOLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCUBATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE;

BODY TEMPERATURE; HEATING; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCUBATORS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEPAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027405794     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/39.1.4     Document Type: Article

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