Dying to give birth: Fighting maternal mortality in Peru

Health Affairs

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 997-1002

  Bristol, Nellie ^a,b  

^a Kaiser Family Foundation ^*

^b HENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESAREAN SECTION; CULTURAL BIAS; EMERGENCY CARE; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PERU; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PERU; POPULATION GROUPS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POVERTY;

EID: 67651211513     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.4.997     Document Type: Short Survey

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