Framing postpartum hemorrhage as a consequence of human placental biology: An evolutionary and comparative perspective

American Anthropologist

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 417-430

  Abrams, Elizabeth T ^a   Rutherford, Julienne N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative placentation; Evolutionary medicine; Implantation; Postpartum hemorrhage; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NIDATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PLACENTATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80051962549     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2011.01351.x     Document Type: Article

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