Pregnancy-related mortality in southern Nepal between 2001 and 2006: Independent estimates from a prospective, population-based cohort and a direct sisterhood survey

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 855-860

  Wee, David W ^a   Mullany, Luke C ^a   Katz, Joanne ^a   Khatry, Subarna K ^a,b   Leclerq, Steven C ^a,b   Tielsch, James M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

Author keywords

demography; health surveys; maternal mortality; Nepal

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC ACCESS; SIBLING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEPAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RELATED MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RETRACTED ARTICLE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

NEPAL;

EID: 77957291651     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq207     Document Type: Article

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