Major obstetric interventions among encamped refugees and the local population in Turkana district, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 666-672

  Odero, W ^a   Otieno Nyunya, B ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KENYA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REFUGEE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBSTETRIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REFUGEES;

EID: 0035648173     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i12.8938     Document Type: Article

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