Causes of neonatal deaths in a rural subdistrict of Bangladesh: Implications for intervention

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-382

  Chowdhury, Hafizur Rahman ^a,b   Thompson, Sandra ^a   Ali, Mohammed ^a   Alam, Nurul ^b   Yunus, Md ^b   Streatfield, Peter Kim ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Causes of death; Interventions; Neonatal mortality; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; PREMATURITY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; BANGLADESH; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 78049380300     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v28i4.6044     Document Type: Article

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