Perinatal mortality in rural Malawi

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-171

  McDermott, J ^a,c   Steketee, R ^a,d   Wirima, J ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FETUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SYPHILIS;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT--WOMEN; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; FETAL DEATH--DETERMINANTS; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTIONS; MALAWI; MEDICINE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY DETERMINANTS; NEONATAL MORTALITY--DETERMINANTS; NULLIPARITY; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS--WOMEN; SYPHILIS;

BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; PARITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS;

MATERNAL HEALTH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANT WOMEN;

MALAWI;

EID: 0029669892     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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