Puerperal complications of episiotomies at Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 351-356

  Sule, S T ^a   Shittu, S O ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NIGERIA; PUERPERAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NIGERIA; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 24744449294     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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