Incidence of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: A population-based prospective study in Pakistan

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 502-507

  Tikmani, Shiyam Sundar ^a   Warraich, Haider Javed ^a   Abbasi, Farrukh ^a   Rizvi, Arjumand ^a   Darmstadt, Gary L ^b   Zaidi, Anita K M ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

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

Author keywords

Community health workers; Developing countries; Jaundice; Kernicterus; Neonatal jaundice

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH WORKER; NEONATE;

ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; URBAN HEALTH;

KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND;

EID: 77950687631     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02496.x     Document Type: Article

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