Evaluation of the WHO/UNICEF algorithm for integrated management of childhood illness between the ages of one week to two months

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 383-390

  Gupta, Renu ^a   Sachdev, H P S ^a   Shah, Dheeraj ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Infant mortality; Integrated management of childhood illness; Neonatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIARRHEA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK; STANDARD; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ABNORMALITIES; ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0034172386     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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