Women, poverty and adverse maternal outcomes in Nairobi, Kenya

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Izugbara, Chimaraoke O ^a,b,c   Ngilangwa, David P ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL TREATMENT; MATERNAL WELFARE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POVERTY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RETAINED PLACENTA; URBAN AREA; WORKLOAD; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REFUSAL TO TREAT; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649505491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-10-33     Document Type: Article

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