Obstetric morbidity in South India: Results from a community survey

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1507-1516

  Bhatia, Jagdish C ^a   Cleland, John ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health services; Maternal; Morbidity; Obstetric; Self reports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONVULSION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; SYMPTOM; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

MATERNAL HEALTH CARE; MORBIDITY DATA; PREGNANCY;

INDIA;

EID: 0030274148     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(96)00105-0     Document Type: Article

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