Maternal mortality and the consequences on Infant and child survival in rural Haiti

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-401

  Anderson, Frank W J ^a,e   Morton, Sarah U ^b   Naik, Sujata ^a   Gebrian, Bette ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Haitian Health Foundation   (Haïti)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Child survival; Maternal mortality; Safe motherhood

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 34248219089     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-006-0173-0     Document Type: Article

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