Awareness and practice of post abortion care services among health care professionals in Southeastern Nigeria

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 696-704

  Adinma, J I B ^a   Ikeako, L ^a   Adinma, Echendu Dolly ^b   Ezeama, C O ^a   Ugboaja, J O ^a  

^a Amaku General Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Awareness; Healthcare professionals; Nigeria; Post abortion care services; Practices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; AFTERCARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954732876     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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