Pregnancy outcomes in Benghazi, Libya, before and during the armed conflict in 2011
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Pregnancy outcomes in Benghazi, Libya, before and during the armed conflict in 2011.
Stressful life events experienced by pregnant women may lead to adverse obstetric outcomes. This study in Benghazi compared the rates of preterm, low-birth-weight and caesarean-section births at Al-Jamhouria hospital in the months before and during the armed conflict in Libya in 2011. Data were collected on all women admitted to the delivery ward during February to May 2011 (the months of the m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1020-3397,1687-1634
DOI: 10.26719/2014.20.3.175