Noninstitutional Births and Newborn Care Practices Among Adolescent Mothers in Bangladesh

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 262-273

  Rahman, Mosiur ^a   Haque, Syed Emdadul ^b   Zahan, Sarwar ^c   Islam, Ohidul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Cord care; Home birth; Newborn; Postnatal care; Thermal care

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956017132     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2011.01240.x     Document Type: Article

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