Physical violence during pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes in Ghana

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pool, Michelle S ^a   Otupiri, Easmon ^b   Owusu Dabo, Ellis ^b   de Jonge, Ank ^c   Agyemang, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Early pregnancy loss; Intimate partner violence; Neonatal mortality; Perinatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894233770     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-71     Document Type: Article

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