The effect of surveillance and appreciative inquiry on puerperal infections: A longitudinal cohort study in India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hussein, Julia ^a   Ramani, K V ^b   Kanguru, Lovney ^a   Patel, Kalpesh ^b   Bell, Jacqueline ^a   Patel, Purvi ^b   Walker, Leighton ^a   Mehta, Rajesh ^c   Mavalankar, Dileep ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900424098     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087378     Document Type: Article

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