Increased risk of maternal deaths associated with foreign origin in Spain: A population based case-control study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 292-294

  Luque Fernández, Miguel Ángel ^a,b,g   Gutiérrez Garitano, Ignacio ^b,c   Cavanillas, Aurora Bueno ^d,e,f  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^g NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

epidemiology; ethnic groups; maternal age; maternal mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIGRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957440212     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp245     Document Type: Article

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