Letter to the Editor regarding 'Investigating the burden of hyperbilirubinemia in resource-constrained settings'

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1626-1627

  Olusanya, Bolajoko O ^a  

^a Healthy Start Initiative   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

AFRICA; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEARING; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LETTER; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA, NEONATAL; MALE;

EID: 84882587074     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2013.07.009     Document Type: Letter

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