Eclampsia in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - Incidence, outcome, and the role of antenatal care

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 571-578

  Urassa, David ^a,b   Carlstedt, Anders ^b   Nyström, Lennarth ^c   Massawe, Siriel ^a   Lindmark, Gunilla ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Developing country; Eclampsia; Incidence; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECLAMPSIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; TANZANIA; DELIVERY; FETUS DEATH; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33744992932     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600604880     Document Type: Article

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