Vulnerability of newborns to environmental factors: Findings from community based surveillance data in Bangladesh

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3437-3452

  Mannan, Ishtiaq ^a,b   Choi, Yoonjoung ^a   Coutinho, Anastasia J ^a   Chowdhury, Atique I ^c   Rahman, Syed Moshfiqur ^c   Seraji, Habib R ^c   Bari, Sanwarul ^c   Shah, Rasheduzzaman ^a,c   Winch, Peter J ^a   Arifeen, Shams El ^c   Darmstadt, Gary L ^a   Baqui, Abdullah H ^a,c  

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

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Community health workers; Environment; Heat humidity index; Infection; Neonatal; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METEOROLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 80052144920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8083437     Document Type: Article

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