The EPICS trial: Enabling parents to rncrease child survival through the introduction of community-based health interventions in rural Guinea Bissau

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mann, Vera ^a   Fazzio, Ila ^b   King, Rebecca ^b   Walker, Polly ^b   Dos Santos, Albino ^c   Carlos De Sa, Jose ^c   Jayanti, Chitra ^c   Frost, Chris ^a   Elbourne, Diana ^a   Boone, Peter ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c Effective Intervention ^*  (Guinea-Bissau)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA-BISSAU; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SURVIVAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; INFANT; PARENTS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 69949178247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-279     Document Type: Article

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