Risk of death following pregnancy in rural Nepal

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 887-891

  Pradhan, Elizabeth Kimbrough ^a   West Jr , Keith P ^a   Katz, Joanne ^a   Christian, Parul ^a   Khatry, Subarna K ^b   LeClerq, Steven C ^a   Dali, Sanu Maiya ^c   Shrestha, Sharada Ram ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Natl Soc for the Prev of Blindn   (Nepal)

^c Research Center   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Maternal mortality; Nepal; Pregnancy complications mortality etiology; Prospective studies; Puerperium; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY RISK; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEPAL; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROL GROUPS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEPAL; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH;

NEPAL;

EID: 0036439887     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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