The incidence of morbidities in a cohort of neonates in rural Gadchiroli, India: Seasonal and temporal variation and a hypothesis about prevention

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Bang, Abhay T ^a   Reddy, Hanimi M ^a   Baitule, S B ^a   Deshmukh, M D ^a   Bang, Rani A ^a  

^a SEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FATALITY; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INDIA; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MORBIDITY; SEASONS;

EID: 17144411882     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211271     Document Type: Article

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