Review: Addressing the challenge of neonatal mortality

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 303-312

  Blencowe, H ^a   Cousens, S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Infant; Newborn neonatal mortality

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MORTALITY;

AFRICA; ASPHYXIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIARRHEA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; KNOWLEDGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEPSIS; STILLBIRTH; TETANUS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERINATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR;

ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; PERINATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873997098     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12048     Document Type: Review

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