Improving survival rates of newborn infants in South Africa

Reproductive Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Pattinson, Robert ^a   Woods, David ^b   Greenfield, David ^b   Velaphi, Sithembiso ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MEDICAL STAFF; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PREMATURE LABOR; RESUSCITATION; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 24344486012     PISSN: 17424755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-2-4     Document Type: Article

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