A large cross-sectional community-based study of newborn care practices in Southern Tanzania

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Penfold, Suzanne ^a   Hill, Zelee ^b   Mrisho, Mwifadhi ^c   Manzi, Fatuma ^c   Tanner, Marcel ^d   Mshinda, Hassan ^e   Schellenberg, David ^a   Schellenberg, Joanna R M Armstrong ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL HYGIENE; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; DELIVERY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANZANIA;

EID: 78650985716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015593     Document Type: Article

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