Knowledge, attitude and behaviour of mothers on neonatal jaundice

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 671-674

  Khalesi, Nasrin ^a   Rakhshani, Fatemeh ^b  

^a ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH ORDER; CHILDBIRTH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRAN; KNOWLEDGE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 57449108549     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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