The obstetric performance of United Kingdom asylum seekers from Somalia: A case-control study and literature review

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 175-179

  Yoong, W ^a   Kolhe, S ^a   Karoshi, Mahantesh ^a   Ullah, M ^a   Nauta, M ^a  

^a NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Obstetric outcome; Refugees; Somalian women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MULTIPARA; OBSTETRIC CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMALIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; LABOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LONDON; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFUGEES; SOMALIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33644870688     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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