Antenatal and perinatal predictors of infant mortality in rural Malawi

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  Vaahtera, Merimaaria ^a   Kulmala, Teija ^a   Ashorn, Per ^b   Ndekha, MacDonald ^c   Cullinan, Timothy ^c   Koivisto, Ann Maija ^a   Salin, Marja Leena ^d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d Mannerheim League for Child Welfare   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Antenatal predictors; Human immunodeficiency virus; Infant mortality; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PARITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034026853     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.82.3.f200     Document Type: Article

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