Unavailability of essential obstetric care services in a local government area of South-West Nigeria

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 94-100

  Ijadunola, Kayode T ^a,b   Fatusi, Adesegun O ^a,b   Orji, Ernest O ^a,b   Adeyemi, Adebanjo B ^a,b   Owolabi, Olabimpe O ^b   Ojofeitimi, Ebenezer O ^a,b   Omideyi, Adekunbi K ^a,b   Adewuyi, Alfred A ^a,b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Osun State Prevention of Maternal Mortality Network   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Essential obstetric care; Health facilities; Health services; Maternal mortality; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; NIGERIA; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; STANDARD;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NIGERIA; OBSTETRICS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34547139898     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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