Better understanding of maternal deaths-the new WHO cause classification system

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages 15-17

  Say, L ^a   Chou, D ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBIRTH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 80053205510     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03105.x     Document Type: Note

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