Antenatal care among ethnic populations in Louang Namtha province, Lao PDR

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 705-716

  Phathammavong, Outavong ^a   Ali, Moazzam ^a   Souksavat, Sirisouk ^b   Chounramany, Kaisone ^b   Kuroiwa, Chushi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^c Yotsukaido Tokushukai Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Home delivery; Immunization; Lao PDR; Mother and child health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LAOS; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; LAOS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 77954751105     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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