Rural Kenyan Men's awareness of danger signs of obstetric complications

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dunn, Alice ^a   Haque, Sayeed ^a   Innes, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Awareness; Kenya; Knowledge; Men; Obstetric complications

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FETUS MOVEMENT; HUMAN; KENYA; KNOWLEDGE; LABOR; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84862269354     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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