Caesarean risk factors in northern region of bangladesh: A statistical analysis

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 823-833

  Rahman, Mostafizur ^a   Shariff, Asma Ahmad ^a   Shafie, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Caesarean risk factors; Composite index; Independent component analysis (ICA); Principal component analysis (PCA)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84868017078     PISSN: 15965996     EISSN: 15969827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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