Linkages Among Reproductive Health, Maternal Health, and Perinatal Outcomes

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 434-445

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a   Lassi, Zohra S ^a   Blanc, Ann ^b   Donnay, France ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Engender Health   (United States)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrapartum; Maternal health; Neonatal health; Perinatal; Postpartum; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CALCIUM; CHLOROQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; FANSIDAR; FOLIC ACID; INSULIN; IRON; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MEBENDAZOLE; MULTIVITAMIN; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO; PROGUANIL; ZIDOVUDINE; ZINC;

BED NET; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECLAMPSIA; FAMILY PLANNING; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALARIA; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN CARE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMOKING CESSATION; STILLBIRTH; SYPHILIS; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 78549284578     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2010.09.002     Document Type: Review

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