Determinants of neonatal mortality in a Tunisian population

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-44

  Ben Hamida Nouaili, Emira ^a   Chaouachi, Sihem ^a   Ben Said, Amel ^a   Marrakchi, Zahra ^a  

^a CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

ICD 10; Neonatal mortality; Newborn; Premature birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TUNISIA;

EID: 77649266988     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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