Estimates of the maternal mortality ratio in two districts of the Brong-Ahafo region, Ghana

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 400-408

  Smith, Jason B ^a   Fortney, Judith A ^a   Wong, Emelita ^b   Amatya, Ramesh ^c   Coleman, Nii A ^d   De Graft Johnson, Joseph ^e  

^a Maternal Health Center   (United States)

^b Biostatistics Branch   (United States)

^c Covance Inc ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias (Epidemiology); Data collection methods; Ghana (source: MeSH); Maternal mortality

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; HEALTH MONITORING; MATERNAL MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY;

GHANA;

EID: 0035020274     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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