Maternal and birth attendant hand washing and neonatal mortality in southern Nepal.

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Published in Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med on July 01, 2008

Authors

Victor Rhee1, Luke C Mullany, Subarna K Khatry, Joanne Katz, Steven C LeClerq, Gary L Darmstadt, James M Tielsch

Author Affiliations

1: Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205-2103, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Community Trial of Newborn Skin and Umbilical Cord Cleansing on Neonatal Mortality in Nepal | NCT00109616

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