Vaginal and neonatal skin cleansing with chlorhexidine

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9705, 2009, Pages 1873-1875

  Mullany, Luke C ^a   Biggar, Robert J ^b,c  

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

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

ARTICLE; DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LABOR; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; VAGINA;

EID: 71149109521     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61593-2     Document Type: Note

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