Maternal mortality in Guinea-Bissau: The use of verbal autopsy in a multi-ethnic population

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-76

  Høj, Lars ^a,b,c   Stensballe, Jakob ^a   Aaby, Peter ^a,b  

^a Projecto de Saúde de Bandim ^*  (Guinea-Bissau)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Autopsy methods; Cause of death; Developing countries; Maternal mortality; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ABORTION; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ECLAMPSIA; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

GUINEA-BISSAU;

EID: 0032975133     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.1.70     Document Type: Article

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