Obstetric fistula: The international response

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9402, 2004, Pages 71-72

  Donnay, France ^a   Weil, Laura ^a  

^a Reproductive Health Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD FLOW; CATHETERIZATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABOR; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; OBSTETRIC CARE; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; REDUCTION; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SOFT TISSUE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0346024003     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)15177-X     Document Type: Review

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