A comparative study of the management decisions by IMNCI algorithm and by pediatricians of a teaching hospital for the children between 2 months to 5 years

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 174-179

  Bhattacharyya, Agnihotri ^a   Chatterjee, Chitra ^b   Chatterjee, Sukanta ^c   Dasgupta, Samir ^c  

^a CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Nehru Memorial Hospital   (India)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

IMNCI; Kappa; validation study; weighted kappa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866251042     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.99923     Document Type: Article

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