Intra- and inter-household differences in antenatal care, delivery practices and postnatal care between last neonatal deaths and last surviving children in a peri-urban area of India

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 511-530

  Ghosh, Rohini ^a   Sharma, Arun Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DELIVERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957221879     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932010000040     Document Type: Article

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