Impact of prematurity on admissions to the neonatal nursery of a rural South African district hospital

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 76-80

  Wilkinson, David ^a   Connolly, Cathy ^b   Stirling, Susy ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b Hlabisa Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DIARRHEA; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NURSERY; PREMATURITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEPSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; VOMITING;

EID: 0032933146     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.2.76     Document Type: Article

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