Role of the spiritual churches in antenatal clinic default in Calabar, Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 639-643

  Etuk, S J ^a   Itam, I H ^a   Asuquo, E E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLERGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MATERNITY WARD; MIDWIFE; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NIGERIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BIRTHING CENTERS; CLERGY; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDWIFERY; MORBIDITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NIGERIA; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033233368     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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