When do newborns die? A systematic review of timing of overall and cause-specific neonatal deaths in developing countries

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 36, Issue S1, 2016, Pages S1-S11

  Sankar, M J ^a   Natarajan, C K ^a   Das, R R ^a   Agarwal, R ^a   Chandrasekaran, A ^a   Paul, V K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL DEATH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PERINATAL DEATH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84964756996     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2016.27     Document Type: Review

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