Maternal risk factors associated with fetal death during antenatal care in low-resource tertiary hospitals

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 383-388

  Oladapo, Olufemi T ^a   Adekanle, Daniel A ^b   Durojaiye, Bankole O ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Fetal death; Nigeria; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 34548799768     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2007.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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