An assessment of pregnancy-related mortality in the United States

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 206-214

  MacKay, Andrea P ^a   Berg, Cynthia J ^b   Duran, Catherine ^a   Chang, Jeani ^b   Rosenberg, Harry ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18344384432     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2005.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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