Inequalities in maternity care and newborn outcomes: One-year surveillance of births in vulnerable slum communities in Mumbai

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  More, Neena Shah ^a   Bapat, Ujwala ^a   Das, Sushmita ^a   Barnett, Sarah ^b   Costello, Anthony ^b   Fernandez, Armida ^a   Osrin, David ^b  

^a Chota Sion Hospital   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRENATAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 68149182797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-8-21     Document Type: Article

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