Use of maternal care in a rural area of Zimbabwe: A population-based study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 838-846

  Van den Heuvel, Odile A ^a,b   De Mey, Wouter G ^a,c   Buddingh, Henk ^d   Bots, Michiel L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Gutu Mission Hospital   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Delivery care; Determinants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RURAL AREA; UNEMPLOYMENT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0032758168     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/j.1600-0412.1999.781002.x     Document Type: Article

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