Postpartum care attendance at a rural district hospital in Zambia

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 205-208

  Lagro, Marieke ^a,b   Liche, Agnes ^a   Mumba, Theresa ^a   Ntebeka, Ruth ^a   Van Roosmalen, Jos ^c  

^a Mpongwe Mission Hospital   (Zambia)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUERPERIUM; RURAL AREA; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTNATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ZAMBIA;

EID: 33750064858     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947506778604742     Document Type: Article

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