Reflections on maternal mortality in two decades

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 712-722

  Baldo, M H ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0034236259     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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