Pregnancy rates and pregnancy loss in Eastern Ethiopia

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 642-647

  Assefa, Nega ^a   Berhane, Yemane ^b   Worku, Alemayehu ^b,c  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; fertility; incidence of pregnancy; pregnancy; pregnancy loss; prevalence of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVE BIRTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TEST; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STILLBIRTH;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878086472     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12097     Document Type: Article

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