Epidemiological factors affecting prognosis of neonatal tetanus in Dakar, Senegal.
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Risk factors of neonatal tetanus in Senegal.
A case-control study for evaluating the risk factors of neonatal tetanus was conducted in a rural area of Senegal under demographic surveillance (Niakhar). Some 45 neonatal tetanus deaths that occurred in the study area between March 1983 and March 1986 were investigated. They were matched with 187 controls. Neonatal tetanus accounted for one-third of all neonatal deaths; mortality from neonata...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
سال: 1994
ISSN: 2186-1811,0304-2146
DOI: 10.2149/tmh1973.22.121