Maternal mortality and Millennium Development Goal 5

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-38

  Van Den Broek, N R ^a   Falconer, A D ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contributing factors; Estimates; Maternal; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILDBIRTH; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL 5; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RATING SCALE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSENSUS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80052712427     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldr033     Document Type: Article

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