Impact of counselling on careseeking behaviour in families with sick children: Cluster randomised trial in rural India

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7460, 2004, Pages 266-269

  Mohan, Pavitra ^a   Iyengar, Sharad D ^a   Martines, Jose ^b   Cousens, Simon ^c   Sen, Kalpana ^a  

^a Child Health Program   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 4043057199     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38149.703380.47     Document Type: Article

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