Neonatal morbidity and care-seeking behavior in urban Lucknow

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-232

  Srivastava, Neeraj Mohan ^a   Awasthi, Shally ^a   Mishra, Rita ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Care seeking; Neonates; Slums

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; URBAN AREA;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY AREAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 41449100454     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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