Survival of neonates and predictors of their mortality in Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia: Prospective cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mengesha, Hayelom Gebrekirstos ^a,b   Wuneh, Alem Desta ^b   Lerebo, Wondwossen Terefe ^b   Tekle, Tesfay Hailu ^b  

^a ADIGRAT UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Neonatal mortality; Survival analysis; Tigray region

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ETHIOPIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY RATE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHIOPIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

BREAST FEEDING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LINEAR MODELS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84980367620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-016-0994-9     Document Type: Article

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