Maternal Tetanus Toxoid Vaccination and Neonatal Mortality in Rural North India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Singh, Abhishek ^a   Pallikadavath, Saseendran ^a   Ogollah, Reuben ^a   Stones, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; IRON THERAPY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN TETANUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869049942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048891     Document Type: Article

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