Vitamin K prophylaxis in less developed countries: Policy issues and relevance to breastfeeding promotion

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-209

  Victora, Cesar G ^a   Van Haecke, Philip ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN K GROUP;

BREAST FEEDING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031939783     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.2.203     Document Type: Review

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