Maternal complications and neonatal outcome in Arab women of a fast developing country

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-34

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b,c   Al Nufal, Mohammed ^c   Vachhani, Pankit ^c   Ali, Awab ^c   Samson, Nancy ^a   Saleh, Najah ^d  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^d HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Arabs; gestational; maternal complications; pregnant women; prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946402048     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.108181     Document Type: Article

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