Near Miss Maternal Mortality in a Multiethnic Population

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-77

  Brown, Haywood L ^a   Small, Maria ^a   Taylor, Yhenneko J ^b   Chireau, Monique ^a   Howard, Daniel L ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Hispanic paradox; Maternal mortality; Near miss; Obstetric complications

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAID; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAID; MORBIDITY; NORTH CAROLINA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650409722     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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