Causes of mortality in twins in a rural region of The Gambia, West Africa

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 231-238

  Jaffar, Shabbar ^c   Jepson, Annette ^a   Leach, Amanda ^b   Greenwood, Alice ^b   Whittle, Hilton ^b   Greenwood, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; FERTILITY; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWINS;

GAMBIA;

EID: 0031757120     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747952     Document Type: Article

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