A review of Orang Asli newborns admitted to a neonatal unit in a Malaysian general hospital

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 926-928

  Kandasamy, Y ^a,c   Somasundram, P ^b  

^a Temerloh Hospital Kuantan   (Malaysia)

^b Sentosa Medical Centre   (Malaysia)

^c TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aborigines; Indigenous newborns; Neonatal admissions; Orang Asli

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONGENITAL RUBELLA SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAYSIA; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREMATURITY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MALAYSIA; MALE; POPULATION GROUPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38449085679     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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