Neonatal tetanus at the close of the 20th century in Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-167

  Ogunlesi, Tinuade A ^a   Okeniyi, John A O ^a   Owa, Joshua A ^a   Oyedeji, Gabriel A ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; TETANUS; VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FATALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEWBORN TETANUS; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NIGERIA; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID; VACCINATION;

EID: 35248868348     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947507781524791     Document Type: Article

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