Maternal Mortality Due to Trauma

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-67

  Romero, Vivian Carolina ^a   Pearlman, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic violence; Maternal death; Maternal mortality; Motor vehicle crashes; Trauma in pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN; CAREGIVER; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DROWNING; ELECTRIC INJURY; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL CARE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BURNS; CRITICAL CARE; DROWNING; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SUICIDE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84856182097     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2011.09.012     Document Type: Review

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