A study of maternal mortality at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, Zambia: The emergence of tuberculosis as a major non-obstetric cause of maternal death

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 675-680

  Ahmed, Y ^a   Mwaba, P ^a   Chintu, C ^a   Grange, John M ^b,d   Ustianowski, A ^c   Zumla, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; Antenatal; Malaria; Maternal mortality; Tuberculosis; Zamhia

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0032795039     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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