Quality of health services in Africa: The case of prenatal screening in Nioki, Zaire;LA QUALITE DES SERVICES DE SANTE EN AFRIQUE: L'EXEMPLE DU DEPISTAGE DES GROSSESSES DYSTOCIQUES A NIOKI (ZAIRE)

Cahiers Sante

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-114

  Fournier, Pierre ^a   Itaj, Nawej Karl ^b   Haddad, Slim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL SCREENING; QUALITY CONTROL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029893293     PISSN: 11575999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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