Seasonal variations in maternal mortality in Maputo, Mozambique: The role of malaria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-67

  Romagosa, Cleofé ^a   Ordi, Jaume ^a   Saute, Francisco ^b   Quintó, Llorenç ^a,c   Machungo, Fernanda ^d   Ismail, Mamudo R ^d   Carrilho, Carla ^d   Osman, Nafissa ^d   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,c   Menendez, Clara ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

^c Ministérioda Saúde   (Mozambique)

^d MAPUTO CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Malaria; Maternal mortality; Pregnancy; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH SURVEY; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; SEASONALITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MALARIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOZAMBIQUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOZAMBIQUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

AFRICA; MAPUTO [MOZAMBIQUE]; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33845733106     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01755.x     Document Type: Article

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