Unreported births and deaths, a severe obstacle for improved neonatal survival in low-income countries; a population based study

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Målqvist, Mats ^a   Eriksson, Leif ^a   Nga, Nguyen Thu ^a,b   Fagerland, Linn Irene ^a   Hoa, Dinh Phuong ^a,c   Wallin, Lars ^d   Ewald, Uwe ^a   Persson, Lars Åke ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Vietnam Sweden Uong Bi General Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VIET NAM;

EID: 41949104677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-8-4     Document Type: Article

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