Validation of caregiver interviews to diagnose common causes of severe neonatal illness

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-113

  Kalter, Henry D ^a   Hossain, Munir ^b   Burnham, Gilbert ^a   Khan, Naila Z ^b   Saha, Samir K ^b   Ali, Md Anwar ^c   Black, Robert E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^c Infectious Disease Hospital   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIRTH INJURY; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN TETANUS; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURE LABOR; RADIOGRAPHY; SEPTICEMIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; INFANT MORTALITY; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEONATAL MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTHERN ASIA; STUDIES;

ALGORITHMS; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; AUTOPSY; BANGLADESH; CAREGIVERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TETANUS;

EID: 0032923364     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1999.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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