Determinants of neonatal mortality in rural India, 2007–2008
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Determinants of neonatal mortality in rural India, 2007–2008
Background. Despite the growing share of neonatal mortality in under-5 mortality in the recent decades in India, most studies have focused on infant and child mortality putting neonatal mortality on the back seat. The development of focused and evidence-based health interventions to reduce neonatal mortality warrants an examination of factors affecting it. Therefore, this study attempt to exami...
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عنوان ژورنال: PeerJ
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2167-8359
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.75