Distribution of causes of maternal mortality among different socio-demographic groups in Ghana; A descriptive study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Asamoah, Benedict O ^a   Moussa, Kontie M ^b   Stafström, Martin ^b   Musinguzi, Geofrey ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952356035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-159     Document Type: Article

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