Deaths attributable to childbearing in Matlab, Bangladesh: Indirect causes of maternal mortality questioned

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 300-306

  Khlat, Myriam ^a   Ronsmans, Carine ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

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

Author keywords

Cause of death; Maternal mortality; Mortality; Women

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0034141111     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010206     Document Type: Article

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