Fertility and pregnancy outcomes among women with obstetric fistula in rural Malawi

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 196-198

  Wilson, Andrea L ^a   Chipeta, Effie ^b   Kalilani Phiri, Linda ^b   Taulo, Frank ^b   Tsui, Amy O ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Infertility; Malawi; Obstetric fistula; Pregnancy outcome; Surgical repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; OBSTETRIC FISTULA; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURGICAL AND OBSTETRIC CARE;

EID: 79955943662     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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