Globalization and perinatal medicine - How do we respond?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 286-296

  Kurjak, Asim ^a,b   Di Renzo, Gian Carlo ^c   Stanojevic, Milan ^b  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Global crisis; Globalization; Knowledge society; Maternal health; Neonatal health; Perinatal health

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; BREAST FEEDING; CRISIS THEORY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NUTRITION SERVICE; PERINATAL CARE; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONALITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PERINATOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77949430837     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903105889     Document Type: Review

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