Obstetric outcome in the unbooked mother

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 102-106

  Abotalib, Z ^a   Adelusi, B ^a   Al Meshari, A ^a   Al Nuaim, L A ^a   Chowdhury, N ^a   Kangave, D ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0031870399     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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