Avoidable factors in maternal mortality following caesarean section (excluding ruptured uterus) in Calabar, Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 108-109

  Etuk, S J ^a   Udoma, E J ^a   Ekott, M I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NIGERIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTERUS RUPTURE;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NIGERIA; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0035056973     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550103100221     Document Type: Article

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