Home-based neonatal care: Summary and applications of the field trials in rural Gadchiroli, India (1993 to 2003)

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Bang, Abhay T ^a   Bang, Rani A ^a   Reddy, Hanimi M ^a  

^a SEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESUSCITATION; RURAL AREA;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 17144417750     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211278     Document Type: Article

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