Usefulness of risk scoring at booking for antenatal care in predicting adverse pregnancy outcome in a rural African setting

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 604-609

  Majoko, F ^a,c,d   Nystrom L ^b   Munjanja, S ^a   Lindmark, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; NULLIPARA; NURSE; PERINATAL DEATH; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0036862465     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144361021000020358     Document Type: Article

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