Randomised controlled trial of a reduced-visits programme of antenatal care in Harare, Zimbabwe

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9024, 1996, Pages 364-369

  Munjanja, Stephen P ^a   Lindmark, Gunilla ^b   Nyström, Lennarth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030578659     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)01250-0     Document Type: Article

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