Maternal deaths in developing countries: A preventable tragedy

Norsk Epidemiologi

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-149

  Kvåle, Gunnar ^a   Olsen, Bjørg Evjen ^a   Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund ^a   Ulstein, Magnar ^a   Bergsjø, Per ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LABOR; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

EID: 32044444958     PISSN: 08032491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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