Maternal mortality rates in the last eight years: A university hospital-based study from Turkey

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 353-356

  Malatyalioglu, Erdal ^a   Kokcu, Arif ^a   Cetinkaya, Mehmet ^a   Alper, Tayfun ^a   Tosun, Migraci ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Maternal mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 33745698364     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050600647571     Document Type: Article

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