Audit for maternal and newborn health services in resource-poor countries

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-10

  Kongnyuy, E J ^a   Van Den Broek, N ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PERINATAL DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 57349111905     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01994.x     Document Type: Note

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