In-hospital neonatal mortality and the role of consanguinity

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 398-407

  Charafeddine, Lama ^a   Ammous, Farah ^a   Kobeissi, Loulou ^a   De Ver Dye, Timothy ^d   Matar, Maroun ^b   Faddous Khalife, Marie Claude ^c   Yunis, Khalid ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b RIZK HOSPITAL   (Lebanon)

^c Notre Dame des Secours Hospital   (Lebanon)

^d SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

consanguinity; developing countries; genetics; hospital mortality; infant mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONSANGUINITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; PROGENY; SEPSIS;

ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEBANON; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864852222     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2012.01295.x     Document Type: Article

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