Maternal mortality in developing countries

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 386-391

  Yayla, Murat ^a,b  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Maternal mortality

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BLEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ILLEGAL ABORTION; INFECTION; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 0142183169     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2003.059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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