Maternal healthcare needs assessment survey at Rabia Balkhi Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-263

  Khorrami, Homa ^a   Karzai, Fatima ^a   Macri, Charles J ^a   Amir, Azizullah ^b   Laube, Douglas ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Rabia Balkhi Hospital   (Afghanistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Descriptive survey; Maternal health care; Needs assessment

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MATERNAL CARE; MEASLES; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; POLIOMYELITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 43049178382     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.11.022     Document Type: Article

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