Estimating the obstetric costs of female genital mutilation in six African countries

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 281-288

  Adam, Taghreed ^a   Bathija, Heli ^a   Bishai, David ^b   Bonnenfant, Yung Ting ^b   Darwish, Manal ^c   Huntington, Dale ^a   Johansen, Elise ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; DELIVERY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; FERTILITY; GOVERNMENT; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MORTALITY; OBSTETRICS; PSYCHOTRAUMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA;

EID: 77950677966     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.064808     Document Type: Article

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