Reproductive age mortality survey (RAMOS) in Accra, Ghana

Reproductive Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Zakariah, Afisah Yakubu ^a,b   Alexander, Sophie ^b   Van Roosmalen, Jos ^c,d   Buekens, Pierre ^b,e   Kwawukume, Enyonam Yao ^f   Frimpong, Patrick ^g  

^a GHS/MOH   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^g La General Hospital   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PUERPERAL INFECTION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE AGE; SEPSIS; SICKLE CELL CRISIS;

EID: 67651183974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-6-7     Document Type: Article

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