Maternal mortality in a rural district of southeastern Tanzania: An application of the sisterhood method

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-112

  Font, F ^a   Alonso Gonzalez M ^a   Nathan, R ^b   Lwilla, F ^b   Kimario, J ^b   Tanner, M ^c   Alonso, P L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Demography; Maternal mortality; Risk; Sisterhood method; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; RURAL SOCIETY;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA;

MOROGORO; TANZANIA;

EID: 0034002637     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/29.1.107     Document Type: Article

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