The large contribution of twins to neonatal and post-neonatal mortality in The Gambia, a 5-year prospective study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Miyahara, Reiko ^a,b   Jasseh, Momodou ^a   Mackenzie, Grant Austin ^a,c,d   Bottomley, Christian ^c   Jahangir Hossain1, M ^a   Greenwood, Brian M ^c   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^a,c   Roca, Anna ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

HDSS; Mortality; Neonatal; Post neonatal; Risk factors; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TWINS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 85008385721     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-016-0573-2     Document Type: Article

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