Introduction of a simplified round partogram in rural maternity units: Seno province, burkina faso, West-Africa

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 146-152

  Wacker, J ^a   Utz, B ^a   Kyelem, D ^b   Lankoande, J ^c   Bastert, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Direction Provinciale de la Santé ^*  (Burkina Faso)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE YALGADO OUÉDRAOGO   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PARTOGRAM; PATIENT TRANSPORT; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031849649     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559802800308     Document Type: Article

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