Prevalence and associated factors of neonatal mortality in North Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia

Ethiopian Journal of Health Development

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 66-71

  Kebede, Bekana ^a   Gebeyehu, Abebaw ^a   Sharma, Hardeep Rai ^b   Yifru, Sisay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 84907214792     PISSN: 10216790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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