Topical application of chlorhexidine to neonatal umbilical cords for prevention of omphalitis and neonatal mortality in a rural district of Pakistan: A community-based, cluster-randomised trial

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9820, 2012, Pages 1029-1036

  Soofi, Sajid ^a   Cousens, Simon ^a,b   Imdad, Aamer ^a   Bhutto, Naveed ^a   Ali, Nabeela ^c   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OMPHALITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84858442570     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61877-1     Document Type: Article

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