How safe is motherhood in Nigeria?: The trend of maternal mortality in a tertiary health institution

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 436-439

  Ujah, I A O ^a   Uguru, V E ^a   Aisien, A O ^a   Sagay, A S ^a   Otubu, J A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0033238212     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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