Chlorhexidine cord cleansing to reduce neonatal mortality

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9820, 2012, Pages 984-986

  Osrin, David ^a   Hill, Zelee Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVE BIRTH; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOTE; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84858441025     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60114-7     Document Type: Note

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