Risk factors and causes of death in Neonates

Rawal Medical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-208

  Kousar, Tasneem ^a   Memon, Yasmeen ^a   Sheikh, Salma ^a   Memon, Shazia ^a   Sehto, Rubina ^a  

^a LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Birth asphyxia; Neonatal mortality; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MALPRESENTATION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MORTALITY; MULTIPARA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NURSERY; PAKISTAN; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREGNANCY TOXEMIA; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TWIN PREGNANCY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 79951659657     PISSN: 03035212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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