Homicide and other injuries as causes of maternal death in New York City, 1987 through 1991

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1557-1564

  Dannenberg, Andrew L ^a   Carter, Debra M ^a   Lawson, Herschel W ^b   Ashton, Diane M ^c   Dorfman, Sally Faith ^d   Graham, Elizabeth H ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

homocide; injury; Maternal mortality; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; CAUSES OF DEATH; CRIME; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA QUALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE--WOMEN; HOMICIDE--WOMEN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NEW YORK; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANT WOMEN; RECORDS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FETUS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEW YORK CITY; OVERDOSE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0029051244     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(95)90496-4     Document Type: Article

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