Assessing the quality of cesarean birth data in the demographic and health surveys

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-54

  Holtz, Sara A ^a   Stanton, Cynthia K ^b  

^a Department of Population Family and Reproductive Health ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH SURVEY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORBIDITY;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33847368171     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2007.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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