Innovative newborn health technology for resource-limited environments

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-128

  Thairu, L ^a   Wirth, M ^b   Lunze, K ^c  

^a TOURO UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Maternova Inc   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Device; Innovation; Low or middle income country; Newborn; Resource limited; Technology

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INNOVATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ASSISTED VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INCUBATOR; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDLINE; NEWBORN CARE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PEER REVIEW; PHOTOTHERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PULSE OXIMETER; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESUSCITATOR; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POVERTY;

EID: 84871676936     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12021     Document Type: Review

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