Systematic review of effect of community-level interventions to reduce maternal mortality

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kidney, Elaine ^a   Winter, Heather R ^a   Khan, Khalid S ^a   Gülmezoglu, A Metin ^b   Meads, Catherine A ^a   Deeks, Jonathan J ^a   MacArthur, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 60749107257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-2     Document Type: Review

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