Neonatal Intensive Care in a Karen Refugee Camp: A 4 Year Descriptive Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Turner, Claudia ^a,b,c   Carrara, Verena ^a   Aye Mya Thein, Naw ^a   Chit Mo Mo Win, Naw ^a   Turner, Paul ^a,b,c   Bancone, Germana ^a   White, Nicholas J ^b,c   McGready, Rose ^a,b,c   Nosten, François ^a,b,c  

^a SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYANMAR; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURITY; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SPECIAL CARE BABY UNIT; THAILAND;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MYANMAR; REFUGEES; THAILAND;

EID: 84882797788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072721     Document Type: Article

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