Global burden of maternal death and disability

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-11

  AbouZahr, Carla ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; AFRICA; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ASIA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DISABILITY; DYSTOCIA; ECLAMPSIA AND PREECLAMPSIA; EUROPE; INCIDENCE; INTRAPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OCEANIC REGIONS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 1642471832     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldg015     Document Type: Review

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