Cesarean delivery in preeclampsia and seasonal variation in a tropical rainforest belt

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-23

  Okafor, U V ^a   Ezegwui, H U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Eclampsia; Preeclampsia; Rainy and dry seasons; Tropical climate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COUNSELING; DATA ANALYSIS; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PREECLAMPSIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WINTER;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; NIGERIA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 77951686973     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: 09722823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.62431     Document Type: Article

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