Timing of antenatal care for adolescent and adult pregnant women in south-eastern Tanzania

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gross, Karin ^a,b   Alba, Sandra ^a,b   Glass, Tracy R ^a,b   Schellenberg, Joanna A ^c   Obrist, Brigit ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONEY; MULTIPARA; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIPARA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858598992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-16     Document Type: Article

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