'Kangaroo mother care' to prevent neonatal deaths due to pre-term birth complications

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 525-528

  Lawn, Joy E ^a,b   Mwansa Kambafwile, Judith ^a,c   Barros, Fernando C ^d   Horta, Bernando L ^d   Cousens, Simon ^e  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; KANGAROO CARE; LABOR COMPLICATION; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); FEMALE; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 79953688996     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq172     Document Type: Letter

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