The relationship between maternal education and mortality among women giving birth in health care institutions: Analysis of the cross sectional WHO Global Survey on Maternal and Perinatal Health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Karlsen, Saffron ^a   Say, Lale ^b   Souza, João Paulo ^b   Hogue, Carol J ^c   Calles, Dinorah L ^c   Gülmezoglu, A Metin ^b   Raine, Rosalind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b World Health Organisation ^*  (Switzerland)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960883661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-606     Document Type: Article

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