Commentary: Participatory interventions reduce maternal and child mortality among the poorest, but how do they work?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 503-505

  Victora, Cesar G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOTE; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SOCIAL STATUS;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84877075898     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt044     Document Type: Note

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