Neonatal mortality in Sri Lanka: Timing, causes and distribution

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 791-796

  Rajindrajith, Shaman ^a   Mettananda, Sachith ^a   Adihetti, Deshan ^a   Goonawardana, Ruwan ^a   Devanarayana, Niranga Manjuri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Neonatal death; Neonatal infection; Perinatal mortality; Premature infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SRI LANKA;

EID: 70350654460     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050902994549     Document Type: Article

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