Changes in the neonatal and infant mortality rate and the causes of death in Korea

Korean Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 443-455

  Chung, Sung Hoon ^a,c   Choi, Yong Sung ^a,c   Bae, Chong Woo ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Epidemiology; Infant mortality; Korea; Neonatal mortality; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADNEXA DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDBIRTH; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; EAR DISEASE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS HYPOXIA; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KOREA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PARASITOSIS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 84940712709     PISSN: 17381061     EISSN: 20927258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2011.54.11.443     Document Type: Review

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