Newborn care practices in urban slums of Lucknow city, UP

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-85

  Gupta, Pratibha ^a   Srivastava, V K ^b   Kumar, Vishwajeet ^c   Jain, Savita ^b   Masood, Jamal ^b   Ahmad, Naim ^b   Srivastava, J P ^a  

^a Era's Lucknow Medical College   (India)

^b Upgraded of SPM (Community Medicine)   (India)

^c KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Birth asphyxia; Breastfeeding; Hypothermia; Newborn

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951987991     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.62570     Document Type: Article

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