Verbal autopsy to ascertain causes of neonatal deaths in a community setting: A study from Morang, Nepal

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-27

  Khanal, Sudhir ^a   GC, V S ^a   Dawson, P ^a   Houston, R ^a  

^a JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonatal deaths; Nepal; Newborn; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAREGIVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN INFECTION; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VERBAL AUTOPSY;

EID: 84855874475     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31729/jnma.34     Document Type: Article

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