Commentary: Utilizing information on causes of neonatal deaths in less-developed countries

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 718-719

  Sachdev, H P S ^a,b  

^a SITARAM BHARTIA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NOTE; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH; UNCERTAINTY;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 33745603190     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl077     Document Type: Note

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