Estimating obstetric mortality from pregnancy-related deaths recorded in demographic censuses and surveys

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 237-246

  Garenne, Michel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FERTILITY; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFE TABLE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

AFRICA;

EID: 83155184750     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2011.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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