Circumcision and neonatal tetanus: Disclosure of risk and its reduction by topical antibiotics

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 263-266

  Bennett, John ^a,b   Breen, Catherine ^a   Traverso, Hector ^c   Bano Agha, S ^d   Macia, Jennifer ^a   Boring, John ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^c Global 2000 Child Survival Project   (Pakistan)

^d Ministry of Health   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Case control; Circumcision; Neonatal; Prevention; Tetanus; Topical

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN TETANUS; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEPSIS; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UMBILICUS;

EID: 0032950448     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.2.263     Document Type: Article

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