Maternal mortality among the Kassena-Nankana of northern Ghana

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 142-147

  Ngom, Pierre ^a   Akweongo, Patricia ^b   Adongo, Philip ^b   Bawah, Ayaga Agula ^b,c   Binka, Fred ^d  

^a NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b NHRC   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

GHANA; KASSENA-NANKANA;

EID: 0032843494     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.1999.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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