Incidence and seasonality of hypothermia among newborns in southern Nepal

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-77

  Mullany, Luke C ^a   Katz, Joanne ^a   Khatry, Subarna K ^b   LeClerq, Steven C ^a,b   Darmstadt, Gary L ^c   Tielsch, James M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEPAL; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEPAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS;

EID: 73449121474     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.239     Document Type: Article

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