Duration and magnitude of mortality after pregnancy in rural Bangladesh

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 397-404

  Hurt, Lisa Sioned ^a   Alam, Nurul ^b   Dieltiens, Greet ^c   Aktar, Nasrin ^b   Ronsmans, Carine ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abortion induced; Abortion spontaneous; Maternal mortality; Parturition; Post partum period; Pregnancy outcome; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERINATAL PERIOD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RURAL POPULATION; STILLBIRTH;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 41849122353     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym274     Document Type: Article

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