High maternal mortality rates in Brazil: Reasons for its permanence;Os elevados índices de mortalidade materna no Brasil: Razões para sua permanência

Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetricia

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 377-379

  Alencar Jr , Carlos Augusto ^a,b,c  

^a Matern Escola Assis Chateaubriand   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

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EID: 33845493892     PISSN: 01007203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-72032006000700001     Document Type: Editorial

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