Current challenges in pregnancy-related mortality

Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 229-235

  Rueda Clausen, Christian F ^a   Campbell, Jeffrey ^a   Baker, Philip N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Death; Developing countries; Goals; High blood pressure; Infections; Maternal; Mortality; Obstructed labour; Perinatal; Pre eclampsia; Unsafe abortion

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DYSTOCIA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INFECTION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 79960595657     PISSN: 17517214     EISSN: 18793622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogrm.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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