Impact of community organization of women on perinatal outcomes in rural Bolivia

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-14

  O'Rourke, Kathleen ^a,b   Howard Grabman, Lisa ^c   Seoane, Guillermo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UT School of Public Health   (United States)

^c MotherCare   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH INTERVENTION; MATERNAL HEALTH; WOMEN'S ORGANISATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0031892550     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49891998000100002     Document Type: Article

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