One year survey of maternal mortality associated with eclampsia in Dhaka Medical College Hospital

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 239-241

  Hussain, F ^a,b   Johanson, R B ^b   Jones, P ^b  

^a DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^b 136 New DOHS ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034110682     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610050009511     Document Type: Article

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