Maternal mortality rate in Fars Province: Trends and associated factors in a community-based survey

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-17

  Maharlouei, Najmeh ^a   Zakeri, Zeinab ^a   Mazloomi, Ezat ^b   Lankarani, Kamran Bagheri ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Maternal mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); IRAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREND STUDY; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; IRAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POSTNATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855744264     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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