Maternal mortality occurring at the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital, Nakuru

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 382-385

  Juma, E A ^a   Odiyo, F N O ^b  

^a Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital   (Kenya)

^b NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KENYA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; KENYA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034353969     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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