Measuring maternal mortality: An overview of opportunities and options for developing countries

BMC Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Graham, W J ^a   Ahmed, S ^b   Stanton, C ^b   Abou Zahr, C L ^c   Campbell, O M R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; FEMALE; STATISTICS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY;

EID: 45949093414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-6-12     Document Type: Review

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