Behavior change and community participation: Assessing causal pathways affecting neonatal mortality

JAMA

Volumn 310, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 969-970

  Darmstadt, Gary L ^a   Munar, Wolfgang ^a  

^a BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREAST FEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOTE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84883420678     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.277269     Document Type: Note

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