Intensive home visiting is associated with decreased risk of infant death

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1145-1151

  Donovan, Edward F ^a   Ammerman, Robert T ^b   Besl, John ^b   Atherton, Harry ^b   Khoury, Jane C ^b   Altaye, Mekibib ^b   Putnam, Frank W ^b   Van Ginkel, Judith B ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Home visiting; Infant death

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249878783     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2411     Document Type: Article

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