Neonatal hypothermia in Uganda: Prevalence and risk factors

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 212-215

  Byaruhanga, Romano ^a,b   Bergstrom, Anna ^b   Okong, Pius ^a,b  

^a St Francis Hospital Uganda   (Uganda)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DISEASE; NURSERY; OPERATING ROOM; PARITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RISK FACTOR; UGANDA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 25644432076     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmh098     Document Type: Article

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