Perinatal and maternal outcomes in Tuzla Canton during 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 714-721

  Skokí, Fahrija ^a,b   Muratoví, Selma ^a   Radoja, Gordana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTER TUZLA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b NONE   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; STILLBIRTH; WAR;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STILLBIRTH; WAR;

EID: 33750633206     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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