Puerperal Morbidity: A Neglected Area of Maternal Health in Sri Lanka

Social Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 223-245

  De Silva, W Indralal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOLOGY; BLEEDING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORBIDITY; PARITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POSTPARTUM WOMEN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMIPARA; PUERPERAL DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTHERN ASIA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SRI LANKA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VAGINA;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ASIA; BIOLOGY; BLEEDING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; GENITALIA; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POSTPARTUM WOMEN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRIMIPARITY; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH REPORT; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; SOUTHERN ASIA; SRI LANKA; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VAGINA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0032151186     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1998.9988975     Document Type: Article

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