Low socioeconomic status and neonatal outcomes in an urban population in a developing country

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 338-343

  Yunis, K ^a   Beydoun, H ^a,b   Khogali, M ^a   Alameh, M ^c   Tamim, H ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Social Statistics Section   (Lebanon)

^c Sahel General Hospital   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Neonatal intensive care unit; Outcome; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0344011040     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/jmf.14.5.338.343     Document Type: Article

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