Neonatology in the 'Pearl of the East'

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 362-367

  Ng, P C ^a   Fok, T F ^a   Nelson, E A S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Culture; Disease pattern; Epidemiology; Genetic; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; HEREDITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0029955988     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1996.tb00929.x     Document Type: Review

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