Maternal Mortality and Morbidity: Is Pregnancy Getting Safer for Women?

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 15, Issue 30, 2007, Pages 6-16

  Berer, Marge ^a  

^a Reproductive Health Matters   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONEY; PATIENT SAFETY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 35348988139     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(07)30338-8     Document Type: Editorial

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