Maternal deaths and their causes in Ankara, Turkey, 1982-2001

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 420-428

  Akar, Munire Erman ^a,b   Eyi, Elif Gul Yapar ^a   Yilmaz, Esra Saygili ^a   Yuksel, Banu ^a   Yilmaz, Zarif ^a  

^a Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Educ   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eclampsia; Embolism; Haemorrhage; Maternal mortality; Prenatal care; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDBIRTH; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECLAMPSIA; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBOLISM; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ECLAMPSIA; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; ODDS RATIO; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

ANKARA;

EID: 12144260912     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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