Home-based newborn care: How effective and feasible?

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 835-840

  Dutta, Ashok K ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Community care; Home based care; Neonate

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HOME CARE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW;

HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 70350464510     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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