Burden of perinatal conditions in Yemen: A 12-year hospital-based study

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 680-689

  Banajeh, S M ^a   Al Rabee, A M ^b   Al Arashi, I H ^b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b Al Sabeen Hospital for Women and Children   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH; YEMEN;

ABNORMALITIES; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST OF ILLNESS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LINEAR MODELS; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; YEMEN;

EID: 33646170403     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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