A survey of pregnant women with tuberculosis at the Port Moresby General Hospital

Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal

Volumn , Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 63-70

  Heywood, Shirley ^a   Amoa, Apeawusu B ^b   Mola, Glen L ^a   Klufio, Cecil A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b PORT MORESBY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Papua New Guinea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033188252     PISSN: 00311480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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