Impact of 4.0% chlorhexidine cleansing of the umbilical cord on mortality and omphalitis among newborns of Sylhet, Bangladesh: Design of a community-based cluster randomized trial

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 67-

  Mullany, Luke C ^a   El Arifeen, Shams ^b   Winch, Peter J ^a   Shah, Rasheduzzaman ^a,b   Mannan, Ishtiaq ^b   Rahman, Syed M ^b   Rahman, Mohammad R ^b   Darmstadt, Gary L ^a   Ahmed, Saifuddin ^a   Santosham, Mathuram ^a   Black, Robert E ^a   Baqui, Abdullah H ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OMPHALITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 70450263422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-9-67     Document Type: Article

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