Maternal mortality in the main referral hospital in The Gambia, West Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 710-717

  Hoestermann, C F L ^a,d   Ogbaselassie, G ^b   Wacker, J ^c   Bastert, G ^c  

^a Bethesda Hospital   (Germany)

^b Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Obstetrician and Gynaecologist   (Germany)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Maternal mortality; Pre eclampsia; Substandard care factors; West Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREECLAMPSIA; SEPSIS;

TRIXIS;

EID: 0029957943     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00099.x     Document Type: Article

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