Maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: The contribution of ineffective blood transfusion services

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1331-1339

  Bates, I ^a   Chapotera, G K ^a   McKew, S ^b   Van Den Broek, N ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Anaemia; Haemorrhage; Maternal mortality; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 51749088345     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01866.x     Document Type: Review

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