Community-based newborn care: are we there yet?

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9644, 2008, Pages 1124-1126

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a   Soofi, Sajid ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 52949152703     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61458-0     Document Type: Note

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