Aetiology of community-acquired neonatal sepsis in low- and middle-income countries

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-170

  Waters, Donald ^a   Jawad, Issrah ^a   Ahmad, Aziez ^b   Lukšić, Ivana ^c   Nair, Harish ^a   Zgaga, Lina ^a   Theodoratou, Evropi ^a   Rudan, Igor ^a   Zaidi, Anita K M ^b   Campbell, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

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EID: 84876280411     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
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