Obstetric fistula in low and middle income countries

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 352-361

  Capes, Tracy ^a   Ascher Walsh, Charles ^a   Abdoulaye, Idrissa ^b   Brodman, Michael ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b National Hospital of Niamey   (Niger)

Author keywords

obstetric fistula; pregnancy complications; prevention; vesicovaginal fistula

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MIDWIFE; NURSE; OBSTETRIC CARE; POVERTY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WORKER; SURGEON; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA;

EID: 79956353558     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: 19317581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/msj.20265     Document Type: Article

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