Assessment of maternal mortality underreporting in Los Altos de Chiapas using RAMOS and RAMOS modified methods;Evaluación del subregistro de la mortalidad materna en Los Altos de Chiapas mediante las estrategias RAMOS y RAMOS modificada

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 450-457

  Freyermuth Enciso, Graciela ^a   Cárdenas Elizalde, Rosario ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES Y ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES EN ANTROPOLOGÍA SOCIAL CIESAS   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Data collection; Indigenous population; Maternal mortality; Mexico; Mortality; Mortality registries

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649280114     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342009000600002     Document Type: Article

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