Comparison of family reporting of pregnancy status with a post-mortem β-HCG test in deceased women: A study in Pointe-Noire, Congo

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 528-531

  Le Coeur, Sophie ^a   Ronsmans, Carine ^b   Halembokaka, Gaston ^c   Augereau Vacher, Christine ^d   Khlat, Myriam ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Association Congolaise Pour la Sante Publique et Communautaire   (Congo)

^d HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Beta HCG; Maternal mortality; Pregnancy; Pregnancy related mortality; Verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

MATERNAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DYSTOCIA; ECLAMPSIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; INDUCED ABORTION; INTERVIEW; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; SEPTIC ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TIME OF DEATH;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CONGO; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TESTS; PROXY;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; POINTE NOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33645290518     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01584.x     Document Type: Article

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