Use of health professionals for obstetric care in northern Ghana

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-56

  Mills, Samuel ^a   Bertrand, Jane T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PREGNANCY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; KASSENA-NANKANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UPPER EAST REGION; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 17444410331     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2005.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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