Neonatal mortality, risk factors and causes: A prospective population-based cohort study in urban Pakistan

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-138

  Jehan, Imtiaz ^a   Harris, Hillary ^b   Salat, Sohail ^a   Zeb, Amna ^a   Mobeen, Naushaba ^a   Pasha, Omrana ^a   McClure, Elizabeth M ^b   Moore, Janet ^b   Wright, Linda L ^c   Goldenberg, Robert L ^d  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFANT MORTALITY; NEONATE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC ACCESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AMNIONITIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR ONSET; LIVE BIRTH; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PAKISTAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STILLBIRTH; URBAN AREA; VAGINA BLEEDING;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 61449132445     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08.050963     Document Type: Article

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