Antenatal iron/folic acid supplements, but not postnatal care, prevents neonatal deaths in Indonesia: Analysis of Indonesia Demographic and Health Surveys 2002/2003-2007 (a retrospective cohort study)

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Titaley, Christiana Rialine ^a   Dibley, Michael John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84871071523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001399     Document Type: Article

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