Improved perinatal health through qualified antenatal care in urban Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 193-201

  Ngy, Mean Heng ^a,b   Nakamura, Keiko ^a   Ohnishi, Mayumi ^a   Kizuki, Masashi ^a   Suyama, Satoshi ^a   Seino, Kaoruko ^a   Inose, Tomoko ^a   Umezaki, Masahiro ^a,c   Watanabe, Masafumi ^a   Takano, Takehito ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Health education; Health literacy; Immunization; Perinatal health

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHILD HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; KNOWLEDGE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 36148967709     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.12.193     Document Type: Article

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