An epidemiological study on infant mortatity and factors affecting it in rural areas of Birjand, Iran

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-342

  Sharifzadeh, Gholam Reza ^a   Namakin, Kokab ^a   Mehrjoofard, Hassan ^a  

^a BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Health house; Infant; Low birth weight; Mortality rate; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BIRTHPLACE; BREAST FEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INTOXICATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; IRAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN INFECTION; OBSTETRIC CARE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREMATURITY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 63049084946     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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