Major Congenital Anomalies at birth in Benghazi, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 1995

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-75

  Singh, R ^a   Al Sudani, O ^a  

^a AL ARAB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; ARABS; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIBYA; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 0033759662     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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