Risk factors for mortality from neonatal tetanus: 7 years experience in North Bengal, India

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-239

  Basu, Sriparna ^a,b   Paul, Dilip Kumar ^a   Ganguly, Sutapa ^a   Chandra, Pranab Kumar ^a  

^a NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; INFANT MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; TETANUS;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN TETANUS; PRENATAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RIGIDITY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TETANUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TETANUS;

EID: 33748994556     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532806X120336     Document Type: Article

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