Indirect maternal mortality increases in the Netherlands

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 762-768

  Schutte, Joke M ^a   De Jonge, Layla ^b   Schuitemaker, Nico W E ^c   Santema, Job G ^d   Steegers, Eric A P ^e   Van Roosmalen, Jos ^b,f  

^a Isala Klinieken Zwolle ^*  (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^d Medical Center   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Indirect maternal mortality; Substandard care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THERAPY DELAY; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURINAME;

EID: 77952895767     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016341003657876     Document Type: Article

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