Improving maternal and perinatal health care in the Central Asian Republics

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-100

  Borchert, Matthias ^a   Bacci, Alberta ^b   Baltag, Valentina ^b   Hodorogea, Stelian ^c   Drife, James ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY NICOLAE TESTEMITANU   (Moldova)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central Asian republics; Evidence based medicine; Maternal health care; Perinatal health care; Quality assurance; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; DATA EXTRACTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PERINATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NURSING EDUCATION; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES;

ASIA, CENTRAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRICS; PERINATAL CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77955401040     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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