Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 655

Full Length Research Paper

Empirical analysis of factors associated with neonatal length of stay in Sunyani, Ghana

Atinuke Adebanji
  • Atinuke Adebanji
  • Department of Mathematics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana.
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Shola Adeyemi*
  • Shola Adeyemi*
  • Sirtex Medical Europe GmbH, Bonn, Germany.
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Mark Gyamfi
  • Mark Gyamfi
  • Department of Applied Mathematics, University for Development Studies, Ghana.
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  •  Received: 01 October 2014
  •  Accepted: 26 January 2015
  •  Published: 31 March 2015

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