Postpartum maternal morbidity requiring hospital admission in Lusaka, Zambia - A descriptive study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Vallely, Lisa ^a   Ahmed, Yusuf ^b   Murray, Susan F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUERPERAL DISORDER; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; URBAN AREA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 26844444694     PISSN: 14712393     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-5-1     Document Type: Review

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