Neonatal Mortality and Prevalence of Practices for Newborn Care in a Squatter Settlement of Karachi, Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Ayaz, Afsheen ^a   Saleem, Sarah ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDBIRTH; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; POLIOMYELITIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; UMBILICAL CORD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INFANT MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 78249272676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013783     Document Type: Article

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