Determinants of antenatal and postnatal care visits among indigenous people in Bangladesh: A study of the Mru community

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Islam, M R ^a   Odland, J O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Bangladesh; Indigenous people; Postnatal care; The mru

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054786262     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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