Epidemiology of neonatal tetanus in rural Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1099-1103

  Lambo, Jonathan Adebola ^a   Memon, Mahmood Iqbal ^b   Khahro, Zahid Hussain ^c   Lashari, Muhammad Ismail ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b Contech International ^*  (Pakistan)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Civil Hospital Dadu   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Case fatality; District dadu; Epidemiology; Incidence; Neonatal tetanus; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN TETANUS; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAKISTAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TETANUS;

EID: 80054871129     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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