Maternal mortality in Switzerland 1995-2004

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 25-30

  Fässler, Martina ^a   Zimmermann, Roland ^a   Quack Lötscher, Katharina C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Haemorrhage; Maternal mortality; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIMARY INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 74749091687     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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