Ecological and socio-demographic differences in maternal care services in Nepal

PeerJ

Volumn 2015, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Tripathi, Vrijesh ^a   Singh, Rajvir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

ANC; Ecological zones; Nepal demographic health survey; Safe delivery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MARRIED WOMAN; MATERNAL CARE; NEPAL; PRENATAL CARE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944905475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1215     Document Type: Article

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