Maternal deaths in New South Wales, Australia: A data linkage project

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-260

  Cliffe, Susan ^a   Black, Deborah ^b   Bryant, Joanne ^a   Sullivan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deaths; Linkage; Maternal; Mortality; NSW; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44849089988     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2008.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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