Neonatal mortality levels for 193 countries in 2009 with trends since 1990: A systematic analysis of progress, projections, and priorities

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Oestergaard, Mikkel Zahle ^a   Inoue, Mie ^a   Yoshida, Sachiyo ^a   Mahanani, Wahyu Retno ^a   Gore, Fiona M ^a   Cousens, Simon ^b   Lawn, Joy E ^c   Mathers, Colin Douglas ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; AFRICA; ANGOLA; BANGLADESH; BHUTAN; BURUNDI; CAMBODIA; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHAD; CHINA; CYPRUS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DISEASE REGISTRY; EASTERN EUROPE; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; ESTONIA; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; GUINEA; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVE BIRTH; LUXEMBOURG; MALDIVES; MALI; MAURITANIA; MOZAMBIQUE; MYANMAR; NAURU; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NIGERIA; NIUE; OMAN; PAKISTAN; REVIEW; SAN MARINO; SERBIA; SIERRA LEONE; SINGAPORE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREND STUDY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; ZIMBABWE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEWBORN; STATISTICS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 80052330319     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001080     Document Type: Review

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