Pregnancy outcome in booked and unbooked mothers in South Eastern Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 267-271

  Chigbu, B ^a   Onwere, S ^a   Kamanu, C I ^a   Aluka, C ^a   Okoro, O ^a   Adibe, E ^a  

^a ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NIGERIA; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 77952312118     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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