Neonatal hypothermia and associated risk factors among newborns of southern Nepal

BMC Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mullany, Luke C ^a   Katz, Joanne ^a   Khatry, Subarna K ^a,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 Eye Hospital   (Nepal)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AXILLA TEMPERATURE; BATH; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CLOTHING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954264960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-8-43     Document Type: Article

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