Incidence of stillbirth and perinatal mortality and their associated factors among women delivering at Harare Maternity Hospital, Zimbabwe: A cross-sectional retrospective analysis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Feresu, Shingairai A ^a,c   Harlow, Siobán D ^b   Welch, Kathy ^b   Gillespie, Brenda W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; STILLBIRTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 26944432379     PISSN: 14712393     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-5-9     Document Type: Article

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