Temporal Trends in Maternal Mortality in Canada I: Estimates Based on Vital Statistics Data

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1011-1019

  Lisonkova, Sarka ^a   Bartholomew, Sharon ^b   Rouleau, Jocelyn ^b   Liu, Shiliang ^b   Liston, Robert M ^a   Joseph, K S ^a,c   León, Juan Andrés ^b   Kramer, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Maternal mortality; Trend; Vital Statistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; TREND STUDY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADULT; CANADA; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84862832840     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)35050-2     Document Type: Article

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