Association between clean delivery kit use, clean delivery practices, and neonatal survival: Pooled analysis of data from three sites in South Asia

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Seward, Nadine ^a   Osrin, David ^a   Li, Leah ^b   Costello, Anthony ^a   Pulkki Brännström, Anni Maria ^a   Houweling, Tanja A J ^a   Morrison, Joanna ^a   Nair, Nirmala ^c   Tripathy, Prasanta ^c   Azad, Kishwar ^d   Manandhar, Dharma ^e   Prost, Audrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Ekjut   (India)

^d Perinatal Care Project (PCP)   (Bangladesh)

^e Mother and Infant Research Activities (MIRA)   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; NEPAL; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; INFANT MORTALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEPSIS; STANDARD;

BANGLADESH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SEPSIS;

EID: 84857744137     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001180     Document Type: Article

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