Integrated, evidence-based approaches to save newborn lives in developing countries

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-102

  Haws, Rachel A ^b   Darmstadt, Gary L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETANUS TOXOID; TRACE ELEMENT;

BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES;

EID: 33845971257     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.1.99     Document Type: Editorial

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