Field test results of the motherhood method to measure maternal mortality

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-69

  Maskey, Mahesh K ^a   Baral, Kedar P ^b   Shah, Rajani ^c   Shrestha, Bhagawan D ^c   Lang, Janet ^d   Rothman, Kenneth J ^e,f  

^a Nepal Public Health Foundation   (Nepal)

^b Patan Academy of Health Sciences   (Nepal)

^c CTEVT ^*  (Nepal)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal mortality; Millennium development goal; Motherhood method; Nepal; Sisterhood method

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTHERHOOD METHOD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PERINATAL DEATH; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH; VACCINATION; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NEPAL; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTHERS; NEPAL; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 79851505894     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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