Perinatal outcome of primiparous teenagers in northern Namibia

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-125

  Van Dillen, Jeroen ^a   Van Beijeren, Eline ^a   Van Roosmalen, Jos ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; NAMIBIA; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; STATISTICS; STILLBIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIMIPARA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NAMIBIA; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 47549085576     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2007.070093     Document Type: Article

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