Trends and inequities in use of maternal health care services in Bangladesh, 1991-2011

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Anwar, Iqbal ^a   Nababan, Herfina Y ^a   Mostari, Shabnam ^b   Rahman, Aminur ^a   Khan, Jahangir A M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925703351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120309     Document Type: Article

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