Recent developments for neonatal health in developing countries

Seminars in Neonatology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 131-139

  Costello, Anthony M De L ^a   Singh, Meharban ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Breastfeeding; Hypothermia; Malaria; Micronutrient supplementation; Neonatal infection; Neonatal mortality; Preterm

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECLAMPSIA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MONITORING; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL INFECTION; PREMATURITY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0032717897     PISSN: 10842756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1084-2756(99)90010-6     Document Type: Article

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