Maternal mortality in rural Gambia: Levels, causes and contributing factors

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 603-613

  Walraven, G ^a   Telfer, M ^b   Rowley, J ^b   Ronsmans, C ^c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b US Peace Corps ^*

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gambia; Labour complications; Maternal age; Maternal mortality; Risk factors; Rural population

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLEEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; CAUSES OF DEATH--WOMEN; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; GAMBIA; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; PARENTAL AGE; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION--WOMEN; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEYS; WESTERN AFRICA; WOMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

GAMBIA;

EID: 0034086540     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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