Underreporting of maternal deaths on death certificates and the magnitude of the problem of maternal mortality

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 478-482

  Horon, Isabelle L ^a  

^a Vital Statistics Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; REVIEW; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BIRTH RATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DATA COLLECTION; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MARYLAND; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 14644389443     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.040063     Document Type: Review

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