A rapid assessment scorecard to identify informal settlements at higher maternal and child health risk in Mumbai

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 919-932

  Osrin, David ^a   Das, Sushmita ^b   Bapat, Ujwala ^b   Alcock, Glyn A ^a   Joshi, Wasundhara ^b   More, Neena Shah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Society for Nutrition Education and Health Action (SNEHA)   (India)

Author keywords

India; Maternal health; Mumbai; Newborn health; Slum; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIAGE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84855301803     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-011-9556-7     Document Type: Article

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