Facility-based audit of maternal mortality in Lebanon: A feasibility study

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1338-1344

  Osman, Hibah ^a   Campbell, Oona M R ^b   Sinno, Dima ^a   Zarwi, Rana ^a   Nassar, Anwar H ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Feasibility study; Maternal mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEBANON; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEBANON; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RECORDS AS TOPIC; SAMPLING STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72049110535     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016340903318014     Document Type: Article

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