Trends in delivery with no one present in Nigeria between 2003 and 2013

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 345-356

  Austin, Anne ^a   Fapohunda, Bolaji ^b,c   Langer, Ana ^a   Orobaton, Nosakhare ^b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery with no one present; Facility based delivery; Health care seeking behaviors; Maternal mortality; Nigeria; Skilled birth attendance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERING WITH NO ONE PRESENT; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MUSLIM; NIGERIA; PARITY; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84930627423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S79573     Document Type: Article

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