Retrospective follow-up of maternal deaths and their associated risk factors in a rural district of tanzania

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 130-137

  MacLeod, Jana ^a,b,c   Rhode, Richard ^b  

^a Bagamoyo District Hospital   (Tanzania)

^b Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Maternal mortality; Maternal mortality ratio; Risk factors; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRENATAL CARE; RETAINED PLACENTA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 0031893256     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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