Three years of neonatal morbidity and mortality at the national hospital in Dili, East Timor

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 452-457

  Bucens, Ingrid Kirsten ^a   Reid, Alison ^d   Barreto, Aniceto Cardoso ^a   Dwivedi, Vikas ^b,e   Counahan, Megan ^c  

^a National Hospital Guido Valadares

^b TAIS ^*

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e JSI RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

East Timor; hospital; infant mortality; newborn

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIMOR-LESTE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; EAST TIMOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFECTION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878630913     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12209     Document Type: Article

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