Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 300-304 , September 2008

Effect of WHO Newborn Care Training on Neonatal Mortality by Education

Received 5 September 2007 ,Accepted 17 April 2008.

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PII: S1530-1567(08)00119-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ambp.2008.04.006

Ambulatory Pediatrics
Volume 8, Issue 5 , Pages 300-304 , September 2008

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