Newborn care practices in an urban slum of Delhi

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 506-513

  Rahi, Manju ^a,b   Taneja, D K ^a   Misra, Amrita ^a   Mathur, N B ^a   Badhan, Suresh ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b C 1/19 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Home deliveries; Newborn care; Slum

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CAREGIVER; CHI SQUARE TEST; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIA; INJECTION; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; RELATIVE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL CORD; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33845576557     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.28980     Document Type: Article

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