Home care practices for newborns in rural Southern Nepal during the first 2 weeks of life

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 200-207

  Karas, Dominique J ^a   Mullany, Luke C ^a   Katz, Joanne ^a   Khatry, Subarna K ^a,b   LeClerq, Steven C ^a,b   Darmstadt, Gary L ^a,c   Tielsch, James M ^a  

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

^b Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential newborn care; Feeding; Hygiene; Neonatal; Nepal; Thermal

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; NEPAL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEATING; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEPAL; PERINATAL CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN CARE; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 84862503033     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmr057     Document Type: Article

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