Validity of neonatal jaundice evaluation by primary health-care workers and physicians in Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 616-621

  Hatzenbuehler, L ^a   Zaidi, A K M ^b   Sundar, S ^b   Sultana, S ^b   Abbasi, F ^b   Rizvi, A ^a,b   Darmstadt, G L ^a  

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

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN JAUNDICE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

BILIRUBIN; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAUNDICE, NEONATAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAKISTAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77956266929     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2010.13     Document Type: Article

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