Maternal mortality and serious maternal morbidity in Jehovah's witnesses in the Netherlands

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1823-

  Van Wolfswinkel, M E ^a   Zwart, J J ^a   Schutte, J M ^b   Duvekot, J J ^c   Pel, M ^d   Van Roosmalen, J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; LETTER; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449368397     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02359.x     Document Type: Letter

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4. van Wolfswinkel ME, Zwart JJ, Schutte JM, Duvekot JJ, Pel M, van Roosmalen J. Maternal mortality and serious maternal morbidity in Jehovah's witnesses in the Netherlands. BJOG 2009 116 : 1103 1110.