Ectopic pregnancy in Africa: A population-based study

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 692-697

  Leke, Robert J ^b   Goyaux, Nathalie ^b   Matsuda, Tomohiro ^b   Thonneau, Patrick F ^a  

^a Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; CAMEROON; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 2342653019     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000120146.48098.f2     Document Type: Article

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