Perinatal complications among ethnic Somalis in Norway

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 317-322

  Vangen, S ^a   Stoltenberg, C ^b   Johansen, R E B ^c   Sundby, J ^c   Stray Pedersen, B ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Female circumcision; Perinatal complications; Somali women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CIRCUMCISION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; FETUS DISTRESS; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMALIA;

ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; NORWAY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMALIA;

EID: 0036237218     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2002.810407.x     Document Type: Article

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