A study of maternal mortality in 8 principal hospitals in Pakistan in 2009

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-259

  Bano, Naheed ^a   Chaudhri, Rizwana ^a   Yasmeen, Lubna ^a   Shafi, Faiza ^a   Ejaz, Lubna ^a  

^a HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Maternal Mortality; Maternal Mortality Ratio; Millennium Development Goal 5

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PARITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUERPERIUM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEPSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 79961166872     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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