Factors associated with delay in care-seeking for fatal neonatal illness in the Sylhet district of Bangladesh: Results from a verbal and social autopsy study

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Nonyane, Bareng A S ^a   Kazmi, Narjis ^a   Koffi, Alain K ^a   Begum, Nazma ^a   Ahmed, Salahuddin ^a   Baqui, Abdullah H ^a   Kalter, Henry D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85032068968     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.06.010605     Document Type: Article

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