Introduction of a qualitative perinatal audit at Muhimbili national hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 45-

  Kidanto, Hussein L ^a,b,c   Mogren, Ingrid ^c   van Roosmalen, Jos ^d   Thomas, Angela N ^b   Massawe, Siriel N ^a,b   Nystrom, Lennarth ^c   Lindmark, Gunilla ^e  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MOTHER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILLBIRTH; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449441346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-45     Document Type: Article

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