Care seeking for neonatal illness in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Herbert, Hadley K ^a,b   Lee, Anne CC ^a,c   Chandran, Aruna ^a   Rudan, Igor ^d   Baqui, Abdullah H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA EXTRACTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PHARMACY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN POPULATION; ASIA; INFANT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ASIA; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; POVERTY;

EID: 84858991550     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001183     Document Type: Article

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