Risk factors for maternal death in the highlands of rural northern Tanzania: A case-control study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Evjen Olsen, Bjørg ^a,b   Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund ^a,b   Lie, Rolv Terje ^b   Bergsjø, Per ^c   Gasheka, Peter ^a   Kvåle, Gunnar ^b  

^a HAYDOM LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SURVIVAL; TANZANIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA;

EID: 41149109093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-52     Document Type: Article

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