Comments on the article "Assessment of maternal mortality underreporting in Los Altos de Chiapas using RAMOS and RAMOS modified methods" by Graciela Freyermuth and colleagues;Comentarios al artículo "Evaluación del subregistro de la mortalidad materna en los altos de Chiapas mediante las estrategias RAMOS y RAMOS modificada" de Graciela Freyermuth y colaboradores

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 381-383

  Lozano, Rafael ^a   Torres Palacios, Luis Manuel ^b   Soliz, Patricia N ^c  

^a Universidad de Washington   (United States)

^b SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^c Organizacion Panamericana de la Salud   (Mexico)

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EID: 78549286021     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342010000500001     Document Type: Letter

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