The global burden of neonatal hypothermia: Systematic review of a major challenge for newborn survival

BMC Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lunze, Karsten ^a   Bloom, David E ^b   Jamison, Dean T ^c   Hamer, Davidson H ^d,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Global Health and Population ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Zambia Centre for Applied Health Research and Development   (Zambia)

Author keywords

hypothermia; mortality; neonatal; newborn; prematurity

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDBIRTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; NEONATAL HYPOTHERMIA; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; TROPICS;

HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84873041964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-24     Document Type: Article

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