Risk factors for mortality in neonatal tetanus: A 15-year experience in Sagamu, Nigeria

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-75

  Fetuga, Bolanle Musili ^a   Ogunlesi, Tinuade Adetutu ^a   Adekanmbi, Folashade Abiodun ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Mortality rate; Neonatal tetanus; Nigeria; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; DIAZEPAM; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PHENOBARBITAL; TETANUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN TETANUS; NIGERIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPASM; TETANUS; TETANUS ANTITOXIN; TETANUS TOXOID;

EID: 76749113391     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-010-0010-9     Document Type: Article

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