Where do women give birth in rural Tanzania?

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Kruger, C ^a   Olsen, O E ^b   Mighay, E ^a   Ali, M ^c  

^a HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distance; Ethnic background; Nomadic pastoralists; Place of delivery; Skilled birth attendance; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDWIFE; MIGRATION; NEGRO; PREGNANCY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84555204222     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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