Quality assessment of the antenatal program for anaemia in rural Tanzania

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 441-448

  Urassa, David P ^a   Carlstedt, Anders ^b   Nystrom, Lennarth ^c   Massawe, Siriel N ^a   Lindmark, Gunilla ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Anaemia in pregnancy; Antenatal care; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SIDE EFFECT; TANZANIA;

EID: 0036940478     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/14.6.441     Document Type: Article

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