Oxytocin to augment labour during home births: An exploratory study in the urban slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1608-1615

  Moran, A C ^a,b   Wahed, T ^a   Afsana, K ^c  

^a ICDDRB Public Health Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; home delivery; oxytocin; urban slum

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DECISION MAKING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; PARITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, INDUCED; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956883936     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02714.x     Document Type: Article

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