How much does quality of child care vary between health workers with differing durations of training? An observational multicountry study

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9642, 2008, Pages 910-916

  Huicho, Luis ^a   Scherpbier, Robert W ^b   Nkowane, A Mwansa ^b   Victora, Cesar G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BRAZIL; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 51249104481     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61401-4     Document Type: Article

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