Timing of First Antenatal Care Attendance and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Arba Minch Town and Arba Minch District, Gamo Gofa Zone, South Ethiopia

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Gebremeskel, Feleke ^a   Dibaba, Yohannes ^b   Admassu, Bitiya ^b  

^a ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946020332     PISSN: 16879805     EISSN: 16879813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/971506     Document Type: Article

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