The WHO antenatal care randomised controlled trial: Rationale and study design

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 27-58

  Villar, J ^a   Bakketeig, L ^b   Donner, A ^c   Al Mazrou, Y ^d   Ba'aqeel, H ^e   Belizan J M ^f   Carroli, G ^f   Farnot, U ^g   Lumbiganon, P ^h   Piaggio, G ^a   Berendes, H ⁱ  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^f Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales   (Argentina)

^g HOSPITAL CLINICOQUIRÚRGICO HERMANOS AMEIJEIRAS   (Cuba)

^h KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

ⁱ EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PYELONEPHRITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; THAILAND; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AMERICAS; ARAB COUNTRIES; ARGENTINA; ASIA; CARIBBEAN; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; CUBA; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LATIN AMERICA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; ORGANIZATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROGRAMS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STUDY DESIGN; THAILAND; UN; WESTERN ASIA; WHO;

ARGENTINA; CUBA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAUDI ARABIA; THAILAND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 17344367798     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1998.00006.x     Document Type: Article

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