Cross sectional, community based study of care of newborn infants in Nepal

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7372, 2002, Pages 1063-1066

  Osrin, David ^a   Tumbahangphe, Kirti M ^b   Shrestha, Dej ^b   Mesko, Natasha ^a   Shrestha, Bhim P ^b   Manandhar, Madan K ^c   Standing, Hilary ^d   Manandhar, Dharma S ^b   Costello, Anthony M De L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Mother and Infant Research Activities MIRA   (Nepal)

^c Nepal Administrative Staff College   (Nepal)

^d INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; COLOSTRUM; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEPAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERINATAL CARE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY ROOMS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEATING; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PERINATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037048978     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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