Delivery practices of traditional birth attendants in Dhaka Slums, Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 479-487

  Fronczak, N ^a   Arifeen, S E ^b   Moran, A C ^b,c   Caulfield, L E ^c   Baqui, A H ^c  

^a Social Sectors Development Strategies Inc   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Birth practices; Community studies; Delivery; Maternal health; Postpartum morbidity; Prospective studies; Traditional birth attendants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DELIVERY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT MORTALITY; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BANGLADESH; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 40049107295     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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