Maternal Mortality Ratio and Predictors of Maternal Deaths in Selected Desert Districts in Rajasthan. A Community-Based Survey and Case Control Study

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-85

  Gupta, Shiv D ^a   Khanna, Anoop ^a   Gupta, Rajeshwari ^a   Sharma, Nand K ^a   Sharma, Narottam D ^a  

^a Institute of Health Management Research   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LABOR COMPLICATION; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUERPERAL INFECTION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72749118147     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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