Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services among Married Adolescent Women: Insights from the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, 2008

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Rai, Rajesh Kumar ^a   Singh, Prashant Kumar ^b   Singh, Lucky ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NIGERIA; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863088324     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: 18784321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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