Maternal morbidity in rural upper egypt: Levels, determinants, and care seeking

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 452-467

  Yassin, Khaled ^a   Laaser, Ulrich ^a   Kraemer, Alexander ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CHILDBIRTH; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DELIVERY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INCIDENCE; LABOR; LEG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POVERTY; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VAGINA BLEEDING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RURAL HEALTH; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

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EID: 0141610770     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330390212216     Document Type: Article

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