Socio-economic factors associated with delivery assisted by traditional birth attendants in Iraq, 2000

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Siziya, Seter ^a   Muula, Adamson S ^b   Rudatsikira, Emmanuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 65649132320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-9-7     Document Type: Article

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