Maternal and birth cohort studies in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: Protocol for a systematic review and narrative evaluation

BMJ Open

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Al Rifai, Rami H ^a   Ali, Nasloon ^a   Barigye, Esther T ^a   Al Haddad, Amal H I ^a   Loney, Tom ^a,b   Al Maskari, Fatima ^a   Ahmed, Luai A ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Dubai Healthcare City   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

community child health; GCC countries; gulf cooperation council; maternal medicine

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; BODY MASS; HUMAN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT HEALTH; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL HEALTH; MIDDLE EAST; NARRATION; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85051951217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019843     Document Type: Review

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