Community-based interventions to improve neonatal survival in low-resource settings

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-199

  Mckenzie, L ^a   Ellis, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; SOCIAL STATUS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES;

EID: 79960584541     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1465328111Y.0000000002     Document Type: Article

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