Emergency obstetric referrals at a University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 262-264

  Obi, S N ^a   Ozumba, B C ^a   Okaro, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NIGERIA; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0035542431     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i5.9051     Document Type: Article

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