Maternal health and care-seeking behavior in Bangladesh: Findings from a national survey

International Family Planning Perspectives

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 75-82

  Koenig, Michael A ^a   Jamil, Kanta ^b   Streatfield, Peter K ^c   Saha, Tulshi ^d   Al Sabir, Ahmed ^e   Arifeen, Shams El ^c   Hill, Ken ^f   Haque, Yasmin ^g  

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

^b US Agency for International Development   (Bangladesh)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^e National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT)   (Bangladesh)

^f HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^g UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL HEALTH; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34547553864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01903187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3307507     Document Type: Review

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