Four million newborn deaths: Is the global research agenda evidence-based?

Early Human Development

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 809-814

  Lawn, Joy E ^a,b   Rudan, Igor ^a,c,d   Rubens, Craig ^a  

^a Save the Children US ^*  (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth asphyxia; Epidemiology; Inequity; Millennium Development Goals; Neonatal; Neonatal infections; Newborn; Preterm birth; Priority setting; Research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREMATURITY; RESEARCH PRIORITY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; RESEARCH; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 55049098225     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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