Community-based stillbirth rates and risk factors in rural Sarlahi, Nepal

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 199-204

  Lee, Anne C ^a,b   Mullany, Luke C ^a   Tielsch, James M ^a   Katz, Joanne ^a   Khatry, Subarna K ^c   LeClerq, Steven C ^a,c   Adhikari, Ramesh K ^d   Darmstadt, Gary L ^a,e  

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

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Nepal Nutrition Intervention Project Sarlahi   (Nepal)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^e BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Low income country; Nepal; Risk factors; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MULTIPARA; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEPAL; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 79955948279     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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