A review of 207 newborn with tetanus

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 93-98

  Kurtoglu, Selitn ^a   Caksen, Huseyin ^a   Ozturk, Adnan ^a   Cetin, Neside ^a   Poyrazoglu, Hakan ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TETANUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TETANUS; TURKEY;

EID: 0032036888     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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