Improving maternal mortality at a university teaching hospital in Nnewi, Nigeria

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 197-200

  Igwegbe, Anthony O ^a   Eleje, George U ^a   Ugboaja, Joseph O ^a   Ofiaeli, Robinson O ^a  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Maternal mortality ratio; Nigeria; Nnewi; Relative risk of maternal mortality; Service Compact with all Nigerians

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYSTOCIA; ECLAMPSIA AND PREECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEPATITIS; HIV ASSOCIATED DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERUS RUPTURE;

EID: 84856616114     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2011.10.023     Document Type: Article

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