Assessment of special care newborn units in India

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 500-509

  Neogi, Sutapa Bandyopadhyay ^a   Malhotra, Sumit ^a   Zodpey, Sanjay ^a   Mohan, Pavitra ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; India; Neonatal mortality; Newborn care; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455163627     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v29i5.8904     Document Type: Article

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